Georg Friedrich Haas (1953 – )

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bhodges

Quote from: San Antone on December 22, 2017, 07:16:52 AM
Thanks for posting this - I am listening to it and it is a fascinating work.  I can only imagine what the live experience in the dark must have been like.

I was a little astounded by the ability of the quartet to even play it, given that they cannot rely on any visual cues, e.g., where their fingers are on their fingerboards, how to manage attacks, etc.

And yes, if you like overtone scales...  ;D

--Bruce

bhodges

For anyone who has not heard Haas's HYENA, it is available for a limited time at the link below, with Bas Wiegers conducting Ensemble Musikfabrik.

For vocalist and chamber ensemble, Haas wrote it for his wife, Mollena, about her struggles with alcoholism. I heard her perform it here in 2017 with the Talea Ensemble, and found it riveting.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/georg-friedrich-haas-hyena-vertonte-alkoholsucht.1987.de.html?dram:article_id=450343

--Bruce

Mandryka

Quote from: Brewski on August 06, 2019, 04:10:55 PM
For anyone who has not heard Haas's HYENA, it is available for a limited time at the link below, with Bas Wiegers conducting Ensemble Musikfabrik.

For vocalist and chamber ensemble, Haas wrote it for his wife, Mollena, about her struggles with alcoholism. I heard her perform it here in 2017 with the Talea Ensemble, and found it riveting.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/georg-friedrich-haas-hyena-vertonte-alkoholsucht.1987.de.html?dram:article_id=450343

--Bruce

Here

https://www.youtube.com/v/5oa4uCKbj4g
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bhodges


Mandryka

Does anyone here have this in better sound than 192 kbps mp3? If so, can I have a rip please?  :)

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Mandryka

Quote from: CRCulver on May 05, 2014, 02:49:01 PM
Funny, I've been listening to precisely Limited Approximations myself lately and was thinking to come on here and urge everyone to track down the Neos box set with this and a boatload of other worthy new pieces. Haas was deeply inspired by Wyschnegradsky's microtonal piano writing, and hearing the Wyschegradsky pieces alongside the Haas in that box set has only deepened my appreciation of both composers.

But all of Haas's CDs on Neos and Kairos are, I daresay, essential purchases for any fan of contemporary music. I would also strongly encourage people to avoid YouTube for this repertoire. Not only is it compressed to hell, but the two record companies that are championing Haas are facing a difficult financial outlook and could use your support.

What I like about Haas is his ability to make the ensemble sound like a single mighty organism, ever-growing. He's like Radulescu but with a clearer form, one that can also deeply move lovers of more traditional repertoire.

Clearly Radulescu, the 9th quartet made me think of Radigue's trilogie.
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Mandryka

Why isn't this gorgeous cycle, in places quite original,  for voice and small ensemble, Wie stille brannte das licht, better known?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YjPQLsO4_eo
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