No, it's not about East Berlin: composed in 2015, Reiter's piece is an interpretation of poet Ben Lerner's sonnet collection, named after the patterns created by diffusing electrical discharges. The composer, who splits her interests between Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary music, last played Maerzmusik as part of the Belgian Ictus ensemble. She explains how she set Lerner's text to music.
Michael Hoh
Berlin
Interview