The piece is divided in two movements. The first movement named Elleipsis and the second movement named Emphasis. The title itself is complete nonsense. Nevertheless, because of the two words are put together, they are on bad terms. In linguistic terms Emphases means accented and powerful. Ellipse is a geometric figure but etymologically speaking it means incomplete or omission. What interests me is the basic meaning of the word, but still the characteristics of an elliptical form are the two focal points, and in this piece, both movements have each a focal point in a different way. Some passages are powerful or accented and because of that, they connect with the other passages in a formal way. By that way, I weave the two meanings into each other, and create thereby a tense field, wherein the music is able to move. Another important thing to keep in mind is the spaciousness of the piece. The musical layers are in many passages connected from the acoustical instruments to the electronics to the noise of the record player. An acoustically affinity that opens the concert hall. Still the differentness of the quality of the tape, the instruments and the record players sound is it clear, that you do not doubt in, that it can only be an attempt in vain in reaching each other.

Live electronics Max-msp. Distortion on the trumpet. Tape & gramophone (the gramophone can be replaced by a tape-version). See the score for futher technical specifications.