Das Wohlpräparierte Klavier - for video and 5 players

Rijnvos, Richard

Abstract

The genesis of Das Wohlpräparierte Klavier goes back to 5 October 2012 when Dutch pianist John Snijders was making the necessary arrangements for an evening performance at a private house in London. The concert featured a single work for prepared piano: Sonatas and Interludes (1948) by John Cage. The long and laborious process of preparing the piano was captured on camera and made into a documentary film by the British artist Adam Barker-Mill. Das Wohlpräparierte Klavier functions as incidental music for his video, somewhat in the spirit of Schönberg's opus 34: Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene. The sounds on the video interact with those played live by the musicians. The music consists of four equally long sections, each exploring textures based on four consecutive fundamental pitches: C-A-G-E. We mainly hear ornamental overtones, but also sudden eruptions that are synchronized with the images.

Citation

Rijnvos, R. (2018). Das Wohlpräparierte Klavier - for video and 5 players. [score]

• Other Type: Composition
• Online Publication Date: Sep 22, 2019
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 23, 2019
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1695801
• Related Public URLs: https://www.richardrijnvos.com/compositions/no53-das_wohlpraeparierte_klavier.html
• Additional Information: Duration: 18 minutes