Works

Giorgio Battistelli
Erlebnis (1989)
for fl., cl., fag., perc and str-quint

This short composition should be seen as a miniature, an aphorism containing the suggestions of a small "event".
The listening process is suggested by the drama traces that develop and distribute themselves in the instrumental organic: this way, each listener will be free to give each instrument roles and functions taking part in a rite to be be fulfilled in the moment it appears.
Erlebnis could appear like a noise anticipating the event, or like the echo of a past event; it should certainly be perceived in its temporal contraction, synthesis of a drama appearing in few minutes.
(Giorgio Battistelli)