In addition to his extensive musical expertise, Bernd Alois Zimmermann was also extremely knowledgeable in other fields, above all in philosophy and literature. The composer had devoted himself intensely to the concept of time within the area of philosophy: he became famous for his concept of the “sphericality of time”. In his work Présence, apparently disparate elements are pulled together in an all-embracing simultaneity. The three instrumentalists are assigned literary figures who can all be ...

• I Introduction et pas d'action (Don Quichote)
• II Pas de deux (Don Quichote et Ubu)
• III Solo (pas d'Ubu)
• IV Pas de deux (Molly Bloom et Don Quichote)
• V Pas d'action et finale (Molly Bloom)