Paris/Berlin, diary 1978-1982
Paris – some addresses : rue de l’Odéon, rue du cardinal Lemoine, boulevard de Denain
Berlin – East/West, Turmstrasse Moabit/Goethe Strasse, Charlottenburg/Ruschestraße, Lichtenberg/Kastanienallee Hellersdorf
Sometimes you find yourself tidying up your bookshelf.
And there, tucked away between two books, was a small music notebook in a curious, compact Italian-style format, entitled “Paris-Berlin Reisemusik, Tagebuch.”
A few notes jotted down during journeys between Paris and Berlin during the era of the Wall, over a fairly long period, like a diary capturing, in a few quick scribbles, a few musical ideas, a sensation, a moment, the fleeting thought that vanishes in a glance, as if in a brief reverie.
On rereading, it became apparent that, as I retraced the journeys linking places where I had stayed for periods of varying lengths, a certain form and a few ideas began to emerge; these could take shape quite apart from the expression of memories, yet were encompassed within a “comprehensive” journey, revisited with its themes and recurring motifs, shaped by the vagaries of an adventurous life on the move.
A coincidence? 7 venues, 7 performers, Reisemusik-Tagebuch, un Konzertstück.
Premiere
Video of the premiere, 5 July 2026 at 7.00 pm at the Mozarteum Solitär Saal Salzburg
Ensemble Multilatérale, conductor Leo Warynski
Format
The score is a facsimile in the composer’s own hand.
Nomenclature
flûte (fl. en sol, picc.), clarinette basse (cl. sib, mib), piano, violon, violoncelle, harpe, percussion
All available forms
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sheet music paper pour ensemble instrumental
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conducteur A4
flûte (fl. en sol, picc.), clarinette basse (cl. sib, mib), piano, violon, violoncelle, harpe, percussion · 22 min · 21 x 29.7 cm · spiral booklet · 114 pages · ISMN 979-0-2318-0919-0
Publisher : Symétrie
Price : €70.00
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conducteur A3
29.7 x 42 cm · ISMN 979-0-2318-0920-6
Publisher : Symétrie
Price : €113.00
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matériel
stapled booklet · 220 pages · ISMN 979-0-2318-0921-3
Publisher : Symétrie
on hire
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