Feuer und Wasser (Fire and Water) for cor anglais (English horn) and guitar

Score Downloadable audio CD of all 19 pieces (Esprit de Cor) Performed by Ágnes Jakab (cor anglais) and András Csáki (guitar) This sequence and melody was inspired by a poem written by a friend called Otto Wanke, who was going through the teenage angst of splitting up with the first girl he loved. The title (Feuer und Wasser = Fire and Water) refers to the idea that these two “elements“ are incompatible, but the music (in minor mode with occasional hints of Dorian) is a simple lament rather than a musical description of the “elements“ in question. The music was originally written as a song for alto voice with classical guitar accompaniment. The poem is a somewhat resigned teenage-angst song of unrequited love: Ich muss mich damit abfinden dass Feuer und Wasser nicht zusammen passen Das Feuer das mit heller Flamme leuchtet