HUBER, RUBERT - DIE VERWANDLUNG DES ZORNES (CD)

"ZOOM - The Zooming is implemented musically; it captures places on the globe that lie in a constantly narrowing field of view around the Kollegienkirche in Salzburg, the site of the piece's premiere. In the north and south, the latitudes represent the boundaries at 90° each, in the east and west, the longitudes at 180° each... HOLY HOLLY is dedicated to the Holly (Ilex aquifolium). The introductory first movement is held like an apotropaic spell. The music of movements two through five is each the resonance of an aspect of the holly. In the second movement, it is the smell of the dried fruits of the holly when smoked that gives a threatened person the strength to resist..." (label info)