This CD presents a selection of new compositions for fute and organ that have been written in recent years at the suggestion or on behalf of the two performers.

The premieres took place in Cologne, Essen and Stockholm. Models for pieces in such an instrumentation, which can be perceived as problematic and rich in perspective at the same time, are rare. The composers who were asked to take part have each found a highly individual approach to this task, also based on the variety of fute instruments used: piccolo, large fute, glissando fute, alto fute, bass fute and contrabass fute. The inclusion of the historic Walcker organ built in 1900 in the Evangelical Church in Essen-Werden sets an additional accent. Some of the pieces presented are intended as "room music" in that they provide for the futist to be positioned at a greater distance from the organ.

It is not immediately clear what the relationship between organ and fute is. Of course, there is a certain afnity, a common denominator. The principle of how both create sounds is very similar: a stream of air breaks at the edge of a pipe and begins to vibrate inside the pipe. But what results from all this, partnership or perhaps more of a dispute, as is often the case between relatives, is something that three female and four male composers fnd seven different answers to on this album. All of the works can be heard here as frst recordings. Other duo compositions are available or in preparation: To be continued.