Shadows and Reflections - Lukáš Matoušek

"The name of my composition Shadows and Reflections (1999/2000) is bound with the name of the Czech ensemble “Mondschein”, for which my piece was originally written. During the moonshine we can often see fantastic shapes of shadows and reflections. Therefore my composition contains several different movements. Just as shadows and reflections of moonshine are multiple reflections of sunshine in their essence, so my music is a multiple “reflection” of the contemporary musical world surrounding me. I tried to deal with the rampant contemporary musical present. Perhaps it is for that very reason that my music is also deliberately diverse, perhaps on that account it contains the reminiscences, and perhaps therefore that thirst for synthesis."