Kurtag: Blumen die Menschen, nur Blumen

In Kurtág’s works for solo flute or in ensemble, we find all the characteristic features of his musical language: the theatricality of the musical gesture and expressive value of the interval; the connection with the word and its intonation; the symmetrical writing through expansions and contractions of individual ideas, the aphoristic and fragmentary writing; the reworking of material and self-quotation. Moreover, these pieces show a humanistic approach, where music, while avoiding any consolatory intent, becomes memory, communication, and sign of affection.