Fermata, Respond, Cziffra psodia (2024)

"Fermata (2020-2021) is a concerto for 15 musicians sitting five feet apart. They present a kind of time report: from our Covid days and pandemic years, in which normal life suddenly comes to a standstill, then continues somewhat chaotically and stops again with tragic events. Centuries of increasing societal tension seem to have lit the fuse these days. The question is: how long is the string and how fast or slow will it detonate the bomb? Such thoughts tumble around in the composer’s head as he writes the notes and rather feels like the notes are writing him." (Peter Eötvös – eotvospeter.com)