Sidney Corbett, "Utopie und Nähe" (2020)

Original recording 06/2021 - Nurit Stark (violin), SCHOLA HEIDELBERG, Ekkehard Windrich

Sidney Corbett (b. 1960) "Utopie und Nähe" (Utopia and Proximity) (2020)

for violin and 6 voices, based on texts by Ernst Bloch, from the Book of Job, and by Leonardo da Vinci

– World premiere recording – First release: July 23, 2021

"Commissioned by the BIENNALE for New Music of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, with support from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation."

The project was supported by the "Art Despite Distance" funding program of the State of Baden-Württemberg and BASF SE.