Fri. 27.Sept

21:00 Unstolen Moments feat. Helge M. Stiegler


An Austrian wonder on the recorder (in German, Blockflöte), Helge M. Stiegler knows how to tempt the most amazing sounds out of a hollow block of wood. As in the Pressl composition, "Zisterne" (Cistern):

"In the notebook, 17 Juli 1994 is given as the date of composition, along with a series of indications as to how the composition is to be performed. The underlying scheme of the four-part work derives from a sound-and-letter technique, based on the letters in my name. At the head of the series, Pressl begins with a C# and the remaining notes in the twelve-tone scale are added probably in a somewhat chequered fashion. The material is then further developed using such customary means as inversions, sidewards crab-like progressions, etc., but also by other processes which have been specified by Pressl..." (Helge M. Stiegler)

Understand?

Helge M.Stiegler is a builder (a.o. of Blockflöten), an academy teacher; she lives, works and thrives in far-off Vienna... Tonight she will be supported (musically) by the sensitive vocal artist, Renate B. Any prejudices against this wonderful instrument that you may have accumulated during early music instruction can be put aside. In the hands of HMS, we rediscover an instrument that has come down to us from a time when delicacy still had a place in music, in a program molded by contemporary Austrian composers (a.o. Kaufmann, Pressl, Nußbaumer & Peschek) who are exploring the power and pliancy of softer sound. Come together. RD

Admission: AS 120.-


24:00 Sisters Of Où

Admission: AS 150.-

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