Mike Svoboda
Music for Piccolo
2008/2015
1. from Something Bigger (2008)
2. Fibonacci Strata (Study No. 5) (2015)
Duration: 11 minutes
The premiere performances:
I. from Something Bigger on August 23rd, 2008 at the West German Radio in Cologne, Germany by Camilla Hoitenga and commissioned by the Society for New Music Cologne
II. Fibonacci Strata (study no. 5) on November 9th, 2015 at Gallery Škuc in Ljubljana, Slovenia by Anja Brezavšček
The two movements may be performed in concert, either together, separated by other works, or individually. In the latter case, the composition would entitled Music for Piccolo I. from Something Bigger (2008) or Music for Piccolo II. fibonacci strata (study no. 5) (2015).
composer’s note:
The first movement, ‘from Something Bigger’, was written for a memorial concert for Karlheinz Stockhausen which took place in Cologne, Germany on the day after what would have been his 80th birthday. Knowing that Camilla Hoitenga, to whom this movement is dedicated, would perform my