One day I sat down at the piano and started to improvise. I had the idea to translate my feelings watching the mur-island into music. Thus, a large piano piece in one movement of approximately 40 to 50 minutes was created. Inside the one-movement-shape there are six parts - each flowing into the next without interruption.

The piece does have a concept and the main form as well as some harmonic and rhythmical patterns are fixed. Nevertheless, it is improvised music, so each performance will be unique.

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The titles of the different parts show the process of bringing the island to Graz - starting with the flowing of the mur river, constructing the island, embedding it to it's final location, being empty, breathing slowly life into it and finally being a lively and communicative part of Graz. For some people explanations like that might be helpful, others prefer to listen to the music without any particular visual theme or imaginative connection - so do I. This concept was not made with a particular purpose - it just came into my mind while listening to my own music. Someone else might hear complete different things and connect other images out of it.

Here are six mp3-soundclips - one of each part. Each of them is about three minutes of time (1 mb). I hope you will enjoy the music as well as I do enjoy watching the island.

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