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UNEXPECTED

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Details

Composer
LANG BOESMANS BARRETT
Artist
Bruckner, Martin, Poore, Rosman, Wietheger, Asbury, Eggen, Siebens
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Dec 01, 2010
Catalog #
WER68572
UPC
4010228685725

About

If you're holding this CD in your hands, you prize the unexpected. Not because it's written on the cover, but most likely just because you like to listen to new music. In other words: The unexpected is exactly what you're expecting. Admittedly, this expectation makes it considerably harder to present you with something genuinely unexpected in the seventh CD of the Edition MusikFabrik released by the label WERGO. The question posed by David Lang in the title of his melodrama - "Are you experienced?" - is rhetorical in nature, given that the piece takes a speculative look at the unexpected end of a concert evening. Philippe Boesmans, best known as a composer of operas, surprises us with a "Biedermeier" sextet. For Richard Barrett, interference becomes a structural principle, and Luca Francesconi knows the formula for driving the formulaic out of music. The tracks on this CD also trace an arc, from the beginning of the Ensemble MusikFabrik i'm WDR concert series to a world premiere during concert twenty-four at the network's Cologne studios: twenty-four concerts that formed the basis of the first seven CDs in the Edition MusikFabrik series. After many more concerts, the public can answer the ironic question "Are you experienced?" with confidence: "Yes, we are." How about you?

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 On Being Hit on the Head - 03:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    On Being Hit on the Head -
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Christian Brückner, Melvyn Poore
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Stefan Asbury
  2. 2 Dance - 06:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    Dance -
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Christian Brückner, Melvyn Poore
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Stefan Asbury
  3. 3 On Being Hit on the Head (reprise) - 01:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    On Being Hit on the Head (reprise) -
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Christian Brückner, Melvyn Poore
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Stefan Asbury
  4. 4 On Hearing the Voice of God - 02:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    On Hearing the Voice of God -
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Christian Brückner, Melvyn Poore
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Stefan Asbury
  5. 5 Drop - 06:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    Drop -
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Christian Brückner, Melvyn Poore
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Stefan Asbury
  6. 6 On Hearing the Siren's Songs 03:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    On Hearing the Siren's Songs
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Christian Brückner, Melvyn Poore
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Stefan Asbury
  7. 7 Sextuor à clavier 11:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sextuor à clavier
    Duration
    11:25
    Composer
    Philippe Boesmans
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Etienne Siebens
  8. 8 Interference 10:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Interference
    Duration
    10:10
    Composer
    Richard Barrett
    Performer
    Carl Rosman
  9. 9 Unexpected End of Formula 18:11
    Track
    9
    Title
    Unexpected End of Formula
    Duration
    18:11
    Composer
    Luca Francesconi
    Performer
    Dirk Wietheger, Josh Martin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Christian Eggen