Birds

"Birds" is a fantasy about awakening rare birds.
The concertmasters play a cadenza for two violins.
The cadenza is recorded and played back over the loudspeakers.
The violinists then change the recorded cadence
with the movements of the violin bow through the air.
Motion sensors are attached to the violin bows.
The violin sounds are pitched up and gradually "transformed"
into the chirping electronic sounds.

"Zikaden" is one of eight compositions for the Zurich Baroque Orchestra, objects and live electronics as part of the project "Du matin au soir".
The compositions refer to different places of performance: the botanical garden, the swimming pool and the church, as well as to the three times of day - morning, noon and evening.
The eight pieces can be understood as "sound interventions".
They were performed between the movements of Joseph Haydn's three symphonies:
No. 6 'Le Matin', No. 7 'Le Midi' and No. 8 'Le Soir'.