general information

composition date
1990
duration
13 min
editor
Breitkopf & Härtel

type

Chamber music (Wind, keyboard and string quartet)

detailed formation

clarinet, violin, cello, piano

information about the creation

date
February 23, 1991

dans le cadre de la Biennale de Berlin

Program note

The work is oriented on the formative design of the eponymous painting by Paul Gauguin. Framed by sound, the four instruments proceed on similar paths. Every motion has its mirror image, every step forward its return movement, even though there are never any actual repetitions.



Isabel Mundry

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