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Bernhard Gander - Bunny Games

 
Bernhard Gander - Bunny Games-Chamber Ensemble-Chamber Music
ID: KAI0012682 (EAN: 9120010281259)  | 1 CD | DDD
Publi: 2007
LABEL:
KAIROS
Collection:
Chamber Music
Subcollection:
Chamber Ensemble
Compositeurs:
GANDER, Bernhard
Interprètes:
HUANG, Hsin-Huei (piano) | STEREV, Krassimir (accordion)
Orchestre
Klangforum Wien
Chef d'orchestre:
CAMBRELING, Sylvain | KALITZE, Johannes | POMARICO, Emilio
Pour plus amples dtails:

...it's hot, eight o'clock in the evening, i'm tired and thirsty. i've worked enough for today. i take a look at the television programme and the dj line-up for the night scene and decide to let the evening end in a bar. ispruce myself up, leave my apartment and head for the bar area. already from far away i hear the low bass of techno music. my steps quicken, i reach the bar and open the door. thick waves of smoke hit me in the face. it is dim,the glaring lights flicker to the rhythm of the music. i get myself a beer and let myself be dazed by the strong beat of the music and pulled on to the dance floor. a few hours and drinks later i leave the place elated. from far away i still hear the pulse of the music continuing and...
(from fluc`n`flex)


Includes booklet with texts by Daniel Ender, Axel Petri and Bernhard Gander
Tracklist
 
GANDER, Bernhard (b. 1969) 
1. 1 - 15 Bunny Games, for ensemble (2006)23:04 
2. 16 Fluc'n' Flex, for accordion (2007)10:54 
3. 17 Ö, for mixed quintet (2005)8:24 
4. 18 Peter Parker, for piano10:09 
5. 19 Fete.Gare, for ensemble (2002)10:44 

Analyse:
 

The Austrian label Kairos is doing a terrific job of making available new works on the cutting edge of the avant-garde that seem to have real substance, and may well have the staying power to become classics in the tradition of experimentalism. Their recordings (frequently with the outstanding ensemble Klangforum Wein) of works by Claude Vivier, Gérard Grisey, Olga Neuwirth, Luigi Nono, Beat Furrer, and Bernhard Lang certainly fall into that category. The release of five chamber works by Bernhard Gander (born 1969) doesn't as immediately scream out that this is music of enduring significance, but time will tell. The disc should certainly be of strong interest to fans of the avant-garde eager to keep up with hot trends on the European scene. The word Bunny is not a term one generally associates with the rigors of the avant-garde; "Bunny Games"' 15 short movements are based on a string of freely associated concepts, " … madonna parting alcohol nearness crying 90-63-92 …" as well as "porno," "playboy," and "the unspeakable rabbits with long ears," so in the composer's mind, the title is related to the musical content, but nothing in the piece would make listeners aware of any such connections. The program notes accurately describe Gander's compositional materials as "completely rough-hewn and are roughly set in motion like bizarre uncouth found objects, pulsating with repetitive gestures, frayed ribbons of sound and interspersed with tumultuous solo passages." That quote, and the assertion that he eschews "subtlety of artistic articulation", pretty well sums up the effect of his music, which sounds raucous, baffling, and unpremeditated. One work, "Peter Parker," for piano, is a meditation on the character of Spiderman, stands out from the rest; it sounds chaotic, but it's easier to detect an intentionality undergirding it, even something like a discernible structure, and it has a loose-limbed playfulness that makes it very attractive. Klangforum Wein, conducted in the various selections by Emilio Pomárico, Johannes Kalitzke, and Sylvain Cambreling, plays with complete conviction and assurance. Kairos' sound is clean and lively.
Stephen Eddins, All Music Guide


 

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