All compositions on the CD 8 Pieces on Paul Klee, with the exception of Christian Henking's Sillis, were commissioned by the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk.
Its members attended master classes with the renowned Russian composer Edison Denisov as part of the Lucerne Festival.
Except for Henking's Sillis (DSE), the compositions were premiered in 1999 during the MDR Musiksommer at the Museum der bildenden Künste in Leipzig and in 2002 at the Hindemith-Musikzentrum in Blonay.
Demonic Lady (1937) and the subject of this composition, Besessenes Mädchen (1924), are examples of a sad or somber character in Klee's work.
In 1999, Marianne Schroeder was influenced by Klee's watercolors, Hat Kopf, Hand, Fuss und Herz (1930) and Mr. Z (1934).
It references one of Klee's most famous paintings, Hauptweg und Nebenwege (1929), created after the artist traveled through Egypt.
Trauernd refers to the painting of the same name from 1934, in which Klee reveals his deep distress over experiences after his release from Nazi imprisonment.
A pleasure without quotation marks.And Matthias Sannemüller, viola, Walter Klingner, oboe, Axel Andrae, bassoon and guitarist Thomas Blumenthal interpreted this distinctive sound show with unparalleled mastery, exquisite sensitivity and perfect interplay.In the first of the eight pieces [...] a special quality [...] was immediately apparent [...], resulting from the exclusive cast of the Ensemble Sortisatio Leipzig.On the cover are Klee pictures of school children from Weggis.