Unerwartet (Unexpected)
musikFabrik: Christian Brückner (voice), Melvyn Poore (tuba), Carl Rosman (contrabass clarinet, voice, pedal bass drum), Dirk Wietheger (cello) & Josh Martin (ZKM, sound director)
Stefan Asbury, Etienne Sieben and Christian Eggens
David Lang's early work retains its charm and deceptive depth, with the text (in German here) setting up a teasing relationship between the listeners and what they are hearing, with the music...
Unerwartet (Unexpected)
musikFabrik: Christian Brückner (voice), Melvyn Poore (tuba), Carl Rosman (contrabass clarinet, voice, pedal bass drum), Dirk Wietheger (cello) & Josh Martin (ZKM, sound director)
Stefan Asbury, Etienne Sieben and Christian Eggens
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David Lang's early work retains its charm and deceptive depth, with the text (in German here) setting up a teasing relationship between the listeners and what they are hearing, with the music...
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Unexpected events rupture continuity; they occur suddenly. They create a moment, a now, in which the flow of history dissolves into ‘suddenness’. The question posed by David Lang in the title of his melodrama – "Are you experienced?" – is rhetorical in nature, given that the piece takes a speculative look at the unexpected end of a concert evening. Philippe Boesmans, best known as a composer of operas, surprises us with a ‘Biedermeier’ sextet. For Richard Barrett, interference becomes a structural principle and Luca Francesconi knows the formula for driving the formulaic out of music
With this CD the edition musikFabrik is now complete on WERGO.
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24th February 2011
David Lang's early work retains its charm and deceptive depth, with the text (in German here) setting up a teasing relationship between the listeners and what they are hearing, with the music mediating between them.
