Franz Furrer-Münch was born in Winterthur. He was first educated in fine art in Zurich and Basel and then began his musical education at the Basel Conservatory. He was taught flute and piano and studied harmony, counterpoint and composition as theoretical subjects. He studied natural sciences at the technical college in Zurich (ETH). He also attended lectures in musicology given by K. von Fischer and P. Müller at the University of Zurich. He made study trips to Germany where he visited the Studio for Electronic Music in Freiburg im Breisgau. He also visited the Stonybrook University in New York and Bennington-Vermont.
Instrumentation: for tenor saxophone, cimbalom and percussion instruments (2 players)
The idea mentioned in the title ‘aufgebrochene momente’ is followed up in twenty-two sequences. It can either be played in a variable form, or as a personal selection of individual sections. The first and last sections must, however, always remain in their allocated positions.
Instrumentation: For alto flute in G, electroacoustically amplified ad lib.
The title is to be understood figuratively. The sign as messenger, with its beckoning character, cannot be the music itself. The exploration of the ins and outs of the physical being of the instrument is the focus here, hence transformation.
Instrumentation: for flute (bfl), clarinet (bcl), violin, violoncello, piano and percussion
The work includes the parts I-IV: Zeitsäume, Gegengestalten, Stille in Falten, Vom Rand zur Mitte nach aussen (can also be performed as individual pieces).
hier auf dieser Strasse, von der sie sagen, dass sie schön ist (1993)
Instrumentation: for soprano, flute (bass flute), violoncello and four drums (with one player)
Texts: Paul Celan
A collage of texts has been created using fragments of texts as a point of departure. The reorganisation of certain sentences leads to a metaphorical re-interpretation; these are then set to music.
Instrumentation: for percussion and electronic tape
Text: Eugen Gomringer: 'Stundenbuch'
The form and structure of this piece is closely associated with concrete lyric. Text and music a woven into a 'musical constellation'.
Duration: 26' 00" Manuscript
erwarten im flachland (1994)
nebengesänge
Instrumentation: for violin solo
Covering three themes:
1 Anticipation in the lowlands.
2 Other, with repetition
3 Hesitative approach
Attempting to approach the true essence of concrete poetry using certain musical combinations and their repetition, contraction, fragmentation and reorganisation.