FR 13 03 2009 19:30
Voltages | new experiments with old oscillators
accordance
für einen Neo-Bechstein-Flügel 2009 UA
„Music plus electricity equals the sound of the 20th century.“
Joseph Schillinger, 1918
The constructers of the Neo-Bechstein grand attempted to combine several technological innovations in this instrument, refecting the trends of the time. Three different media were included: the piano, the radio and the record. The analogue sound of the piano is transmitted to the “electronic space” by means of pickups, amplifers and loudspeakers. In the piece “accordance” an attempt is made to use the instrument as its designers intended, allowing the possible ways of playing the piano, radio and record to meet in different combinations. The airy, resonant space inside the piano is specially prepared; a total of 18 pick-ups are allocated to the loudspeakers distributed throughout the space. The factor of chance provided by radio reception and a selection of shellac records meet with instrumental modes of playing. “accordance” is another “attempt to play this piano the real way.”
der weißbärtige mann.der frosch am mond 2009 UA
Komposition für Hammondorgel
the white bearded man.
An old long bearded man was asked how he handels his beard while sleeping. Does it go over or under the blanket. The wise man answered: Somtimes over, sometimes under the cover.
Dynamomusik 2009 UA
My starting point is the dynamophone also known as the telharmonium, invented by Thaddeus Cahill. The original instrument was frst heard in public in 1906. Mark Twain wrote: „…I couldn‘t possibly leave this world until I have heard it again and again.“ My instrument is a miniature replica with headphones and exponential horns. Voice-over, real-time transmission and the concept of a perfect instrument are the focus of my piece / lecture.