With a line-up consisting of cello, saxophone and accordion, the trio is an unusual combination that offers an exciting variety of sounds. Close collaboration with composers is an important part of the artistic work of the SÆITENWIND trio. Four of the five works in this concert programme were composed for the SÆITENWIND trio.
The piece Dark Melodica by Arturo Corrales, a Salvadoran composer living in Geneva, is a powerful and energetic work that opens the concert. Onibi by Ezko Kikoutchi, a Swiss-Japanese composer, takes us into a very different sound world. In this work, Kikoutchi takes as her theme the Japanese legend of the “Onibi” – ghostly flames and spirits that flicker and change constantly.
The Silent Life of Invisible Beings by Svetlana Lavrova takes the audience into a minimalist sound world, characterised above all by sparse but effective sound structures. Almost a kind of counterpoint is provided by Mischa Käser's composition, Fünf Phonisische Baccunicellen, a rhythmically complex work full of humour and energy. The programme concludes with A Miniature of a Golem Snoring by Fojan Gharibnejad, a work that thematises the mythological golem in a humorous and grotesque way.