Description

This collection contains musical birthday greetings to composers and instrumentalists who are close friends of Heinz Holliger. The very different pieces were created over a period of 15 years for the duo Ursula and Heinz Holliger. Among the recipients of these birthday compositions were Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, Robert Suter, György Kurtág, Emile Cassagnaud, and Maria Teresa Cerocchi, among others.

Contents

1. I for Elliott (1998)
2. II à Pierre Boulez (1995)
3. III Cantiuncula in nomine Treboris Reti (1999)
4. IV A Maria Teresa Cerocchi (1998)
5. V Scherzinettino del Sig. “Conte” (1999)
6. VI Un Bouquet de Pensées pour Émile Cassagnaud (1999)
7. VII Surrogó (für György Kurtág zum 19. Februar 2006) (2005/06)
8. VIII 88 (für Ursula Mamlok) (2010)
9. IX Zwei Linien, sich findend (für Ursula) (2007)
10. X To Elliott with love (2003)