Commentary
Way Through Ratabhachta I (1986/1997)
viola solo, 17’
"Ratabhachta" is the name of a narrow lane
in the Dublin district Finglas. In 1986 I used the map of this part of the
town to compose the variation cycle "Vergessen an Archem (Hier) – I
never walked the likely Finglas Ratabhachta".
Still, I’ve never been to Dublin. Nevertheles, since 1997 I began rewriting
parts of the first movement of those variations into solo pieces on demand of
a number of instrumentalists.
"Way Through Ratabhachta I" was encouraged by violist Julia Eckhardt.