partota 3

This virtuosic accordion piece of 1994 is dedicated to Margit Kern, the first interpreter. The
new version was written in collaboration with the accordionist Lydia Schmidl in 2016.
I try to find an old approach of the player of scores from the early Renaissance times. Some
of those scores around 1400 were so intricate that players had to "fly" over the texts in a kind
of controlled improvisation. The perspective could be compared with the view of a high
flying bird of the world underneath. In my "Ciconietta" I refer to composer Johannes Ciconia
and his chanson "Le ray au soleyl", a canon in 4:3:1 proportions. At least, this is one of some
possible solutions of his cryptic advice.