Hat Trick

Year: 2010

Instrumentation: Flute and Cello

First performance by Michael Schmid, Francois Deppe (Ictus Ensemble) - 30.06.2010, Felicja Blumental Music Centre (Israel)

Other performances:

• "Meitar" ensemble - 28.12.2010, "Ha'teiva", Tel Aviv (Israel)
• Sonja Horlacher (Flute), Ellen Fallowfield (Cello) - 15.04.2011, Grosser Saal, Hochschule für Musik Basel (Switzerland)
• Anja Brezavšček and Karolina Öhman (ensemble neuverBand) - 08.03.2013, Pantographe, Moutier (Switzerland)
• Anja Brezavšček and Karolina Öhman (ensemble neuverBand) - 10.03.2013, Klaus Linder Saal, Hochschule für Musik Basel (Switzerland)
• Ellen Fallowfield and Stephen Menotti - 21.03.2013, Museum of Modern Art, Strasbourg (France)
• Ensemble Eunoia - 24.10.2013, Gare du Nord, Basel (Switzerland)
• Ensemble Eunoia - 27.04.2014, Historischer Ratssaal, Speyer (Germany)
• Ellen Fallowfield and Stephen Menotti - 02.06.2014, Bundeshaus zu Wiedikon, Zurich (Switzerland)
• Ellen Fallowfield and Stephen Menotti - 17.06.2014, Unternehmen Mitte, Basel (Switzerland)
• Ellen Fallowfield and Stephen Menotti - 05.07.2014, Webster's Bookstore & Cafe, State College, Pennsylvania (USA)
• Ellen Fallowfield and Stephen Menotti - 08.10.2014, ONO - Das Kulturlokal, Bern (Switzerland)
• Thea Mesirow and Leia Slosberg - 31.05.2017, Hudson View Gardens Lounge (New York)
• Thea Mesirow and Leia Slosberg - 09.07.2017, Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn (New York)
• Berrow Duo - 26.10.2017, Metropolis Ensemble (New York)
• Berrow Duo - 17.03.2018, Bushwick Community Darkroom, Brooklyn, New York (USA)
• Berrow Duo - 07.06.2019, The Magalen, Cleveland, OH (USA)
• Eunoia Quintett - 04.10.2019, Alter Stadthaussaal, Winterthur (Switzerland)
• Eunoia Quintett - 06.10.2019, Ackermannshof, Basel (Switzerland)
• Zafraan Ensemble - 13.10.2024, Uferstudios, Berlin (Germany)

Recording:

Note:
The piece is a composed reading of the short story “Hat Trick” by the Israeli author Etgar Kereth, which appeared originally in Hebrew in the book "Missing Kissinger" (Zmora-Bitan edition, 1994) and was translated to English by Miriam Shlesinger and Sondra Silverston.The story is told by a magician who is trying to take a rabbit out of his hat to the delight of his underage audience.
In an equivalent way to the free wandering of the story in the space between metaphor and its source, the piece wanders in the space between treating the narration as a meaning carrier, as sound and as a physical gesture.