BOOKLET zu DER SPRACHKOMPONIST
Digital premiere release & single from Part II of the large-scale literary music project
“GEOMETRY OF THE SOUL – A Musical Homage to the Poet Gert Jonke (1946–2009)”
in a newly revised digital version.
The CD was originally released in Austria in December 2020. However, its reception was largely overshadowed by the lockdown period, despite being nominated for the German Record Critics’ Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik).
It is now being released digitally for the first time in three standalone parts:
I. Chlorophyllklang (release date: 27 December 2024)
II. The Composer of Language (release date: 8 February 2025)
III. Radio Jonke (release date: 8 th of February 2026 – the day Gert Jonke would have turned 80)
Susanna Ridler – composition, voice, artificial orchestra, production
Gert Jonke – texts & voice from original recordings (1971–2008)
Peter Herbert – double bass
Wolfgang Puschnig – alto saxophone, flute
(Available on Apple Music / iTunes with an extensive booklet)
Created in cooperation with the Gert-Jonke-Gesellschaft.
Published with the kind permission of © Jung & Jung Verlag.
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