In Banasik's work the pianist also speaks in German.. Christensen's and Rummler's works played partially on the strings inside the piano. Nahmer's work for piano and voice (sung or spoken in rhythm or with Sprechstimme). Text by Marianna Mott Newirth. Includes preface in English and German; biographies and composer's notes in English.
Contents:
An einen unbekannten Adressaten / Christian Banasik -- Bagatelle pathétique / Thomas Blomenkamp -- Rosengeburt und Flammentod / Mogens Christensen -- Werden Menschen Brüder? Alle? / Miranda Driessen -- Captain's ring / Ezequiel Esquenazi -- (diese) Töne / Silvio Foretić -- Valse brutal / Rüdiger Gönnert -- In memory of Beethoven / Walid Al Hajjar -- Toccata / Anthony Halliday -- An die unsterbliche Geliebte / Mark Hendriks -- Reminisces of Beethoven / John S. Hord -- Es bleibt : (Metamorphose 5) / Ralf Hoyer -- Adagio / Eduard Israelov -- Bagatelle / David S. Lefkowitz -- Where is the stillness / Peter Michael von der Nahmer -- Turkish march / Martín Palmeri -- New bagatelle / David Raiklen -- Natur-Spuren / Hans-Michael Rummler -- 126.4 : (Stop that machine!) / Anno Schreier -- Eine kleine Meditation sul B. : (... "schreyt, denn ich bin Taub!") / Synne Skouen -- Schicksal / Ivan Sokolov -- Two glasses past midday / Andreas F. Staffel -- L.v.B. alio modo / Miklós Sugár -- Déjà vu / James Wilding -- Leise Rufe / Albrecht Zummach.
Summary:
International composition project initiated by the pianist Susanne Kessel (Bonn). 250 contemporary composers are invited to write a piano piece relating to Beethoven. The project will be finished in 2020, the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1108645688
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.