World premiere: 12 July 1987, Würzburg, University of Music
Martin Hummel | Olga Nodel | Gundula Walcher | Andreas Ticozzi | Barbara Seeliger
Duration: 10 minutes

I. choral der zeit (string quartet solo)

II. GEÄST (voice and string quartet)

Now!
Now the time has come,
to
bare branches
for clues
,
to record them
the signs of the times.

III. Signal of Time (String Quartet solo)

IV. SPINNWEBEN (voice and string quartet)

You, Spinning Web of Time,
caught in the web.
The ladder
crumbling
down into the depths.

V. AST (voice and string quartet)

Rotten,
overwintered,
devoid of leaves.
Its crooked line
has held out until the very end
struggled
until the very end
to no avail.

VI: AUTUMN LEAF (vocal and string quartet)

Read in the leaf
from golden-green
to earthy brown.
The year draws to a close.
Life
beyond the lines
.

VII. Chorale of Time (solo string quartet)