Tokatokatta by Sören Sieg

The first movement of Sören Sieg’s Suite Grotèsque written in 1996 for the Flutes ensemble, which premiered the piece in Hamburg in1997. The first movement, Tokatokatta, is an impelling toccata for recorders, essentially 100 variations to the rhythm introduced in the first two bars, and which is thus not easy to forget. During the piece, the harmony changes from a cool, modal quartal harmony to the cheerful, African major-key harmony typical of many of his other recorder compositions. Jen plays an Eagle by Adriana Breukink, Tim plays a tenor by Paetzold (Kunath), Ellen plays a bass by Paetzold (Kunath).