Peter Ruzicka: “Mahler | Bild”
"In the year 2010, a 'second glance' at Mahler's late symphonic fragment. At his 'Adagio' that broke through the traditional barriers of musical expression one hundred years ago. At the outcry of the nine-tone chord, that exclamation of loss and desperation. At the viola line pointing towards infinity, speaking of withdrawal and farewell, ultimately leading to a field of resolution of transcendental contact. A second glance as a composer whose own musical material approaches the alien form and then withdraws from it again. Identification and distance. Also a review of things already envisioned. Circular movement, more or less surrounding Mahler concentrically. Then standstill, disappearance, introspection. And once again an outbreak before the image vanishes among remote signals."
