Three watercolors (2014) for clarinet
Three watercolors (2016/2020) for accordion, piano and string trio
Three watercolors (2017/2020) for clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
Psychogram II. “Rettegős” (fearful) (2015) for clarinet
Three watercolors (2018/2020) for small ensemble

In the works of Martón Illés from the early 2000s, physically perceptible energy, gestural force, and visual conceptions of the sonic are already present. After 2010 the composer drew further implications from these for his work: since then, his musical thinking has no longer been based on fixed pitches, but rather on sounds – either as acoustic manifestations of imagined lines or as gestures modeled on the physical. The way he actually implements this by means of instruments is impressively demonstrated in his series of works entitled Three Watercolors and Psychograms.

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Recording: Hans-Rosbaud-Studio, SWR Baden-Baden/Germany, 23–25 November 2020, 17–18 December 2020, 23 July 2021.