[NewMusic] Lachenmann

[wobbly]

at least Richard Friedman's disappointed review simply stems from high
expectations -- sure I would have preferred a full presentation of 'Das
Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern' for 80-piece orchestra and chorus but I'll
take an evening with the man himself playing his own solo piano works & two
of his signature pieces.

I had high expectations and they were met.  I was sitting close enough to
the stage to actually hear the quieter details, though, I wondered more than
once how it might have sounded from the back.  The evening definitely
prompted me to finally transfer my old vinyl copy of his Editions RZ record
which is still I think my favorite

I'd love to hear your reservations as a participant, I am a simple
enthusiast

-jl








on 2/1/08 1:04 PM, matt at matt at sfsound.org wrote:

> There's a not-that-exciting review of the Lachenmann concert on SFCV
> with a comment and link to Richard Friedman's very-not-excited
> blog review underneath.
> 
> 
> http://www.sfcv.org/2008/01/29/sounds-like-this/#comment-213
> 
> 
> i attempted to write a response which is waiting for moderator approval
> so i include it here below. i am not without my own criticism of the
> concert itself,
> if i get more incentive i will post  them at some point...
> 
> m@
> 
> 
> On the contrary, Lachenmann has been constantly developing his own way
> of MAKING music with ³extended² instrumental sounds, combining a
> modern, ³acousmatic² compositional approach with ³classical²
> techniques. Indeed, a good example is ³Allegro Sostenuto² ‹ it is
> almost Beethoven-like in that the entire composition is spun out of
> the handful of motives introduced in the first few bars of the piece,
> with timbre being an extra dimension in which these motives can mutate.
> 
> Lachenmann (now 72), is definitely not an emerging young composer. But
> the fact that the audience *was* young and enthusiastic is a telling
> sign. Just like young european composers championed Webern and
> Messiaen in the 50¹s and the Bang-on-a-Can crowd latched onto
> Andriessen and Reich, it really seems to me that a significant sector
> of today¹s young composers are finding their own heros of ³extended
> instrumental² composition in the likes of Lachenmann, Sciarrino,
> Grisey, and others.
> 
> I should also point out that Lachenmann only has a handful of chamber
> works, ³Allegro Sostenuto² and his string quartets being the most
> substantial, and most practical to perform! Apart from a couple
> sfSound concerts, this was the first time the Bay Area was even able
> to hear Lachenmann¹s music live.
> 
> 
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