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a visible trace

for 11 Soloists and Conductor

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REBECCA SAUNDERS

for 11 Soloists and Conductor a visible trace

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“The word connects the visible trace with the invisible thing, the absent thing, the thing that is desired or feared, like a frail emergency bridge flung over an abyss.”

Italo Calvino, ‘Exactitude’ from Six Memos for the Next Millenium

“It is the thing in itself, isolated from all other things. Born out of the necessity to see it, and the need to see for seeing’s sake. The motionless in emptiness, that is, at last, the visible thing, the pure object...”

Samuel Beckett, Die Welt und die Hose

trace¹ /treIs/ v.& n. –v. tr.

1 a observe, discover, or find vestiges or signs of by investigation.

b follow or mark the track or position of.

c follow back to its origins.

3 mark out, delineate, sketch, or write.

4 pursue one’s way along (a path). –n.

1 a a sign or mark or other indication of something having existed; a vestige.

b a very small quantity.

2 a track or footprint left by a person or animal.

3 a track left by a moving pen of an instrument etc.

5 a curve’s projection on or intersection with a plane

[ME f. OF trace (n.), tracier (v.) f. L tractus drawing]

Duration: c. 18 minutes

The Concise Oxford Dictionary

Commissioned by MuiskFabrik and Kulturstiftung NRW, Konzerthaus Dortmund and Ensemble Intercontemporain for frst performance 7 July 2006 at WDR Bismarcksaal in Köln

INSTRUMENTATION

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Rebecca Saunders (*1967)

2006 by Henry Litolff’s Verlag

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APPENDIX

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Rebecca Saunders

Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967) studied with Wolfgang Rihm at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe, Germany, and for a doctorate in composition with Nigel Osborne at Edinburgh University. She lives in Berlin. Saunders’ numerous composition prizes include three Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, two BASCA British Composer Awards and the 2019 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. Her works have been performed at festivals including the Huddersfeld Festival, the Berlin Biennale and the Darmstadt International Summer Course. In 2009 she became a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Saunders’ works include chroma, for chamber groups distributed throughout the performance space; void, a concerto for percussion duo and orchestra; and Yes, a spatial performance for soprano, 19 soloists and conductor.

Rebecca Saunders (*1967) studierte Komposition bei Wolfgang Rihm an der Musikhochschule Karlsruhe und promovierte an der Edinburgh University bei Nigel Osborne. Sie lebt in Berlin. Saunders wurde für ihr Schaffen vielfach ausgezeichnet, u. a. mit drei Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, zwei BASCA British Composer Awards sowie mit dem Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis 2019. Ihre Werke erklangen bei zahlreichen Festivals, wie dem Huddersfeld Festival, der Berliner Biennale und den Darmstädter Ferienkursen für Neue Musik. 2009 wurde sie zum Mitglied der Berliner Akademie der Künste ernannt. Zu ihren Werken zählen chroma für räumlich verteilte Kammergruppen, ein Konzert für Schlagzeugduo und Orchester mit dem Titel void sowie die Raumperformance Yes für Sopran, 19 Solisten und Dirigent.

Photo © Astrid Ackermann