Beat Furrer
*06.12.1954

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Beat Furrer
Gaspra | for ensemble

Work Details
Year of composition: 1988
Scored for: for ensemble
Composer: Beat Furrer
Instrumentation: fl, cl, perc - pno - vln, vla, vc
Duration (min): 17

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World Première
Location: Konzerthaus Wien / Austria
Date: 14.03.1989
Orchestra: Klangforum Wien
Conductor: Beat Furrer
Work Introduction

In Gaspra for ensemble (1988), Beat Furrer works with timbre and rhythmic patterns. He organises the instruments into small groups within the ensemble and lets them narrate several stories simultaneously, each constantly succeeded by another. ‘Gaspra is named after an asteroid of 5km [...]