This is an album about boredom. It takes the award-winning Musicbanda Franui, accompanied by actor Peter Simonischek, away from their daily routine, back to the days of their childhood, and straight on to the graveyard. By ennui they don’t mean dull, though. Rather, it refers to a state of existential boredom, the moment when you are seized by black emptiness, when you realize the absurdity of life – or in whichever other ways this state has been described by philosophers. One of them, Kierkegaard, claimed that boredom could never be suspended by work but only by amusement.

Amusement, distraction, diversion, entertainment – or, in musical terms: divertimento. Franui have woven a memorable musical tale from brilliant examples of this genre, by Mozart, Satie, Schumann, and others. All there is left to say is: amuse yourselves!

Tracklisting:
1. Interlude dans un paysage avec une femme bâillante 05:32
2. Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen 05:18
3. Einsame Blume 03:22
4. Promenade dans une coquille de noix 04:37
5. Der Mond ist aufgegangen 01:36
6. Berceuse (mit unzureichendem Lidschluss) 05:14
7. Petit requiem pour le troisième homme 06:07
8. Teure Mutter 04:19
9. Choral ennuyeuse 00:44
10. Das Grab 04:10
11. Kinderwaldscene 03:57
12. Prière 02:11
13. Großes Würfelspiel 02:58
14. Deburau 00:59
15. Ouverture ennuyeuse

All music written and / or arranged by Markus Kraler / Andreas Schett (AKM)

Musicbanda Franui:
- Johannes Eder (clarinet, bass clarinet)
- Andreas Fuetsch (tuba)
- Romed Hopfgartner (soprano & alto saxophone, clarinet)
- Markus Kraler (double bass, accordion)
- Angelika Rainer (harp, zither, vocals)
- Bettina Rainer (dulcimer, vocals)
- Markus Rainer (trumpet, vocals)
- Andreas Schett (trumpet, vocals)
- Martin Senfter (valve trombone, vocals)
- Nikolai Tunkowitsch (violin)