Topic: The Lachenmann Lacuna

[Mandryka]

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Air. Has this ever been commercially recorded?

[petrarch]

Air. Has this ever been commercially recorded?

Here:



https://www.amazon.com/Orchestral-Works-H-Lachenmann-2001-02-27/dp/B01KASEODA

[CRCulver]

An old radio recording of Air was released on one of the volumes of BMG's Musik in Deutschland series.

[petrarch]

An old radio recording of Air was released on one of the volumes of BMG's Musik in Deutschland series.

Indeed, it is the recording of the premiere:

[Mandryka]

Excellent, gentlemen. I have downloaded them both.

[Mandryka]

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/ZVAu6QJZp0k&amp;t=10s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/ZVAu6QJZp0k&amp;t=10s</a>

This live Allegro Sostenuto from Ensemble Recherche seems to me to be more successful than the recording - more tension.


And I’ll just mention that I’ve been really enjoying Double (Grido II), in fact I like it more than Grido I! Maybe Lachenmann’s most accessible modernist piece.

[Mandryka]

My single biggest problem with these pieces is that Bernd Alois Zimmermann did all of this far better--and far more disturbingly--in the 1960s.

I'm not used to Lachenmann-as-pale-imitation-of-his-predecessors.

As far as I can see the experimentation with tonality happened as early as 2000, before he had released Grido and Schreiben in fact, with the Sakura variations.


I think the idea is that the listener will find himself reassessing his relation to mainstream music.

Concertini is interesting in this respect.

[Brewski]

Listening to a fine reading of Lachenmann's Serynade by Benjamin Powell, pianist of Psappha, the new music group based in Manchester. I believe they are archiving the concert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMhqZoOxsUY

--Bruce

[Brewski]

On Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7:00 pm EST, the JACK Quartet will appear in a taped-live concert of Lachenmann works, presented by Miller Theatre at Columbia University. Program:

String Quartet No. 3 "Grido" (2001-02)
Toccatina (1986)
Pression (1969)

Concert is free with name and email registration:

https://www.millertheatre.com/about/news/live-from-columbia-pop-ups-in-the-lantern

--Bruce

[T. D.]

On Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7:00 pm EST, the JACK Quartet will appear in a taped-live concert of Lachenmann works, presented by Miller Theatre at Columbia University. Program:

String Quartet No. 3 "Grido" (2001-02)
Toccatina (1986)
Pression (1969)

Concert is free with name and email registration:

https://www.millertheatre.com/about/news/live-from-columbia-pop-ups-in-the-lantern

--Bruce

Thanks. Miller Theatre has long presented excellent programs of contemporary music. I often attended when living within commuting distance (1990s through 2001).
Delighted to see MT carrying on remotely!

[Brewski]

Thanks. Miller Theatre has long presented excellent programs of contemporary music. I often attended when living within commuting distance (1990s through 2001).
Delighted to see MT carrying on remotely!

We were probably at some of the same concerts! I agree: Miller does excellent work -- some of the best programming in the city.

--Bruce

[T. D.]

I recall a week-long Lachenmann residency at Columbia in 2001. Went to two of the associated (Miller) concerts.

This (paywall) article reviewed one: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/09/arts/music-review-carefully-scraping-along-with-the-senses-atingle.html

[Brewski]

I recall a week-long Lachenmann residency at Columbia in 2001. Went to two of the associated (Miller) concerts.

This (paywall) article reviewed one: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/09/arts/music-review-carefully-scraping-along-with-the-senses-atingle.html

That concert was my first encounter with Lachenmann's work. Afterward, I casually referred to Gran Torso as "a quartet of scratches," which in retrospect was glib, if not far from the truth. But the evening has lingered in the memory, 20 years later (!) as one of those concerts that changes everything that comes in its wake.

--Bruce