When Christoph Schlüren, a wonderful musician, suggested Anders Eliasson’s work „In Medias“, for solo violin, my first thought was: I wonder what this piece of music sounds like bearing the title „In Medias“. When looking closer and immersing myself into the very special sounds of this masterpiece, I came under its spell. Anders Eliasson’s tonal expression is incomparable! Eliasson Managed to find a completely new access to tonality and delved into it again and again. Traditionally, tonality has always been concentrated on a more or less clearly defined centre also said to be the fundamental tone or tonic note of a particular key. With Eliasson’s music there are always several centres active at the same time. Imagine a space shuttle flies between several force fields (suns, planets, other attractors). How much energy is activated and released there! The same applies to Eliasson’s „In Medias“. The music is constantly tense and vibrating, everything is moving and never stops! In an obituary for Eliasson, Christoph Schlüren proved the point when he wrote::

“The power, the momentum which is the basis of musical development, never stops. From the beginning, opposing forces work against one another and even the final notes hover in the air without landing. This music is airbourne and never touches the ground!“

For a long time I have been looking for compositions that I can combine with J.S.Bach’s Partitas and Sonatas without having to doubt their compatibility. “In Medias” by Anders Eliasson stands for me on a pedestal with the transcendent energy of Bach’s solo works.