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Sound Direction, Live-Electronics

MUMUTH, Graz, 17.03.2023

"Living Electronics" plays with the various meanings that the English term "live electronics" has assumed in music over the past 60 years. In contrast to electronic sounds pre-produced in the studio, the production and transformation of sounds in "live electronics" takes place during the performance.

The pieces selected for "Living Electronics" span a period of 40 years: from John Cage's revolutionary Cartridge Music from 1960 to Luciano Berio's refined Altra voce from 1999. In between are Steve Reich's famous Pendulum Music from 1968, Karlheinz Stockhausen's Solo for Melody Instrument and Feedback from 1966, and Alvin Lucier's mysterious and radical Music for Pure Waves, Bass Drums and Acoustic Pendulums from 1980. In addition to various forms of "live electronics," traditional acoustic instruments are used in different roles. These include the human voice (mezzo-soprano), an alto flute, a horn, and 4 bass drums. But other objects, such as record player cartridges, pendulating microphones, or ping-pong balls, also become parts of specialized musical instruments that are played in symbiosis with composed analog and digital electronic processes.

Program sequence and performers

Alvin Lucier : Music for Pure Waves, Bass Drums and Acoustic Pendulums (1980) Miles Borghese Benjamin Alan Kubaczek Giovambattista Mazza Hannes Raehse Chloé Marine Ryo Jakob Christian Seidel

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Solo (1966) Paquito Ernesto Chiti : Horn José Duarte Pinto Silva : Elektronik Aleksandra Skrilec : Elektronik

John Cage : Cartridge Music (1960) Paquito Ernesto Chiti José Duarte Pinto Silva Aleksandra Skrilec

Luciano Berio : Altra Voce (1980) Ana Catarina Vieira Caseiro : Mezzosopran Paquito Ernesto Chiti : Elektronik José Duarte Pinto Silva : Elektronik Aleksandra Skrilec : Altflöte

Steve Reich : Pendulum Music (1968) Miles Borghese Benjamin Alan Kubaczek Giovambattista Mazza Hannes Raehse Chloé Marine Ryo Jakob Christian Seidel

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