Burleske Szenen
| instrumentation | mandola or mandolin solo |
| finished | 24th August 1999 |
| dedicated to | Susy Ulbricht |
| movements | 1. "Ouverture": Schnell – 2. "Danse": Andante, Poco rustico – 3. "Nocturne": Langsam – 4. "Finale": ziemlich schnell |
| length | 2:30 min – 2:20 min. – 3:00 min. – 2:30 min. |
| first performance | 6th November 2000 in the small hall of the Konzerthaus in Berlin |
| published at | Vogt & Fritz |
The title of the piece refers to its musical language: it moves between somewhat tonal sections and more free ones, that sometimes touch atonality.
The first movement uses an eight-tone scale formed of alternating semitone and whole tone steps. The prominent opening motive appears in many forms. In the middle section there is a calm melody that shows nicely the play with three voices on the mandola.
The second movement is a rustic dance. It works with full chords in the more tonal areas of harmony. The trio contrasts heavily, it uses mainly chromatic sequences that have a very exciting effect in piano.
The third movement with a chromatis scale descending. Then more and more notes are omitted, so that the results are first the diatonic, then the pentatonic scale. Four tones remain at the end and form the coda in ascending direction.
The final movement consists of five parts. The main parts uses a similar scale to the one in the first movement. The middle section shows various pentatonic scales. The movement is specially rhytmical interesting due to its many changes of time.
In 2000 the "Burlesque Scenes" won the second prize in the competition "Jugend komponiert" (Youth composes).