As you all know in this podcast series I usually talk about contemporary music, but this time I would like to focus on music that is new not in the sense that it was composed recently, but that is new because it is still undiscovered for the wider public: the piano sonata op. 88 in g-minor by Robert Fuchs.
Fuchs was a contemporary of Brahms and in today’s episode I compare two pieces by these two composers.
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If you have any particular questions about this piece, please post them here by using the comments field below, or email me directly at seda@sedaroeder.com, and I will then try to address your questions in my upcoming podcast.
The third episode of Blackbox is on Bert van Herck’s piano piece Méandres. The main focus of this episode lies on the question of how the composer transforms a musical idea that seems secondary at first into an important supporting pillar of his work. Of course, you will also find out how all of this relates to the title of Bert’s piece (and of this episode).
As always the podcast contains many musical examples as well as a full recording of my performance of the piece.
I am looking forward to receiving any feedback or questions from you. Please post your comments below or email me directly at seda@sedaroeder.com
In the second episode of Blackbox, I will show you the six building blocks that make up Stockhausen’s famous piano piece No. 9. Recognizing these formal elements will help you find a way into this complex composition and hopefully increase your enjoyment of this fabulous piece!
Here are some interesting links that might help you while digging deeper into the material:
I hope you like this episode. As always, please feel free to post any comments or questions you might have, either below in the comment field or via email to seda@sedaroeder.com.
For those of you who couldn’t make it to the last HGNM concert (and of course for those who would like to listen to the piece once again!), I just finished uploading my live recording of Tolga Yayalar’s In the temporal gardens. Enjoy! And please do let me know if you have any comments (you can use the comment form below).
You can also check out the pre-concert podcast that Tolga and I produced for this performance. It contains a lot of background information and some suggestions on how to approach the listening experience!
About the composition
“In the temporal gardens was written for and is dedicated to Seda Röder. This piece, which takes its title from a poem by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, explores Bergson’s idea of material and intuition by reflecting two contrasting experiences of reality. In the piece, this dichotomy manifests itself in various ways and constitutes the backdrop of a dialectic unfolding. The composition is really about the dialectic relationship between various musical layers which are spread throughout the piece both vertically and horizontally.”
– Tolga Yayalar
“A extended work of ferocious difficulty”
– Drew Massey, amusicology
About the composer
A native of Istanbul, Tolga Yayalar studied Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music. He is currently a PhD candidate at Harvard University. He has studied with Bernard Rands, Harrison Birtwistle, Joshua Fineberg, Brian Ferneyhough, and Helmut Lachenmann.
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The third episode of Blackbox is on Bert van Herck’s piano piece Méandres. The main focus of this episode lies on the question of how the composer transforms a musical idea that seems secondary at first into an important supporting pillar of his work. Of course, you will also find out how all of this relates to the title of Bert’s piece (and of this episode).
Here are some interesting links that might help you while digging deeper into the material:
