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Ölflecke auf dem Wasser ( Oil spots on the water )
This is my second Wind Quintet. The first one ("Strange
preludes and double canon") was written in 1992, this one in 2003 and
there are numerous sketches (even complete movements) for a third one.
The title Oil spots on the water doesn't have much with
ecological issues, but rather with those abstract, colourful, poly-semantic
shapes of small oil spots on asphalt, especially when it rains.
The Wind Quintet Ölflecke auf dem Wasser was selected in 2003
in a shortlist of 31 among 270 compositions for the project "Neue
Kammermusik für Musikschulen" (New chamber music for music schools) by
the Verband deutscher Musikschulen (Association of German Schools of
Music) in Bonn, Germany.
In October 2004 this piece, together with two other pieces by the
same composer, received first prize at the Bremer Komponistenwettweberb
organised by the Council of the Music (Landsmusikrat) in Bremen,
Germany.
Ölflecke auf dem Wasser was first performed on 10th July 2004 at the Castle
Sonderhausen in Germany by the Wind Quintet of the Music School "Carl
Schroeder" of Sonderhausen: Eva-Maria Albrecht (flute), Malte
Schneegaß (oboe), Antje Eckstein (clarinet) Julia Wallis (bassoon), Manuela
Hirsch (horn), Stephan Uhl (conductor); in the cycle Neue Musik in alten
Residenzen (New Music in old residencies) of the Council of the Music
Thüringen.
After the premiere, Stephan Uhl published an article about the piece:
"Juan María Solares 'Ölflecke auf dem Wasser' (2003) für
Bläserquintett. Anregungen zur Praxisarbeit zwischen Interpretation und
Improvisation" ("Oil spots on the water (2003) by Juan María
Solare: Ideas about rehearsal practice between performance and improvisation").
This article was published in November 2004 in the book "Ensembleleitung
Neue Kammermusik (Dokumentation und Arbeitshilfe des Modellprojekts)",
edited by the VdM (Verband deutscher Musikschulen - Association
of German Music Schools), Bonn, ISBN 3-925574-59-X, pages 82-86.
In March 2005 Oil spots on the water was chosen in the
shortlist at the Piece of the Year Competition organised by Alan Taylor
and the London Chamber Group. In this context it was performed on 10th
July 2005 at a venue unknown to the composer.
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