Kairos Ludus
The concerto is a a large-scale orchestral work exploring temporal perception and sonic transformations which travels through the diverse expression palette of the modern tenor saxophone and violin with extended techniques also presented for the both solo instruments. Kairos Ludus consists of five movements that shape the rhythmically multidirectional sceneries of the piece very differently. Movement I is about the soloists meeting the very first time with a string of frolic introductionary dialoques. Movement II is where the first common sonic ground is established in an ethereal and hounting scenery growing into a big mass of sound to be the transition to the movement III where a rhythmic multidiversity gets its play with the soloist and the orchestra. Movement IV starts with a Gesualdo – like choral turning into a full orchestra movement preceding the improvised cadenza of the soloists. Movement V is a battling dance of the soloists and the percussion leading to the conclusion of the whole drama being a longy and misty afterthought leading to the end of the piece.The work has been composed as a sister piece for György Ligeti´s Violin concerto.