Quintet for three performers

Quintet for three performers was commissioned by the Trio D'Echo. Its strange title refers to the constant, equivalent fivepart nature of the two outside movements, which use the same musical material. The manner in which these two movements were composed was strongly influenced by the musical thinking of Zoltán Jeney, to whom the third movement is dedicated. The second movement, markedly different in sound and character, is dedicated to Péter Eötvös, in several places its musical gestures evoke Eötvös's music.