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Watch Hans Tutschku’s “Winternacht”

Hi Everyone,

if you missed the HYDRA concert on December 11, here you can watch the video of our performance (with Sam Solomon on percussion). Even if this video cannot capture the effect of the electronics with 32 loudspeakers I guess it will still stimulate your appetite for the next HYDRA series. I hope you enjoy the video of Winternacht as much as we enjoyed performing it! Let us know what you think!

Best,
Seda

Blackbox #006: HYDRA in a Winter Night

Hydra_Gamelan_Poster_web_thumbThose who are familiar with the Blackbox series will remember the composer Hans Tutschku. Today I would like to dedicate another episode to Hans and his work. Actually to two of his works: one of them is a compositional achievement: a piano, percussion, and live-electronics work Winternacht (Winter Night), which I will perform together with the percussionist Sam Solomon on Friday.

The other one is an extraordinary contribution to the electro-acoustic music scene in North America: Hydra. Hydra is a so to speak loudspeaker orchestra specially designed for the performance of electro-acoustic music.

The concerts will take place at Paine Hall at Harvard University, on December 10 and 11 starting at 8pm, there will also be a late night concert on December 10 at 10.30pm with a large scale electro-acoustic work by Francois Bayle.

Our performance will take place during the Friday concert. Hope to see many of you there!


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New Brahms Recording Available

Seda’s new CD is now available! Buy it now at CDBaby (great site for artists) or amazon.com.

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Composed late in his life, the Six Pieces for Piano op. 118 by Johannes Brahms constitute a turning point in the history of piano music. On the one hand this collection of short pieces adheres to traditional forms and structures. On the other hand, however, Brahms explores novel sonorities and new methods of developing musical material that paved the way for the music of the 2nd Viennese School in the beginning of the 20th century.

Seda has recorded these wonderful pieces earlier this year at Harvard University, and her interpretation of Brahms’ masterpieces will be published on a forthcoming CD along with Alban Berg’s Sonata op. 1 and Mozart’s Sonata in F major, K. 280.

As a preview of the forthcoming CD we present to you a section of the third piece in the cycle, the Ballade in g minor. We hope you enjoy the music! If you would like to order Seda’s CD please contact us at info@sedaroeder.com.

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Bert van Herck’s Méandres now available

Seda Roeder and Bert van Herck

We are very proud to present to our website visitors a recording of Méandres, Bert van Herck’s newest piano composition. Seda gave the US-premiere of Méandres on February 9, 2008 at Paine Hall for an audience of New Music enthusiasts. The following is a live recording of her performance, which you can also download to your computer if you wish:

<a href="http://music.sedaroeder.com/track/bert-van-herck-meandres">Bert van Herck: Meandres by Seda Röder</a>

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