Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
PSAPPHA ENSEMBLE
Benjamin Powell - piano
This performance was streamed live on 12th November 2020 from Hallé St Peter's in Manchester (UK) without an audience. This is a new edit of the original livestream and presented in 4K. To view the 4K version we recommend you use Google Chrome or the Firefox browser.
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Few living composers can be said to have exerted quite so much influence on today’s younger composers as Lachenmann. His style has become known as musique concrete instrumentale – in which extreme extended techniques bring about an entirely new spectrum of sounds, some of which are difficult to reconcile with the instrument that’s making them.
The process of getting musicians to explore how to make these sounds on their instruments, which can often introduce a certain physical theatricality into the performance, is almost as important to Lachenmann as the sonic results themselves. As he once said, “you hear the conditions under which a sound- or noise-action is carried out, you hear what materials and energies are involved and what resistance is encountered”.
In 'Serynade', Lachenmann exploits ways of transforming sounds on the piano through the use of the pedals and jarringly abrupt changes in dynamics. The piano’s strings are made to resonate in pitch combinations that allow harmonics to bloom and swell, producing what he calls “a new type of melody”.
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Psappha is grateful for the support we receive from funders which enables us to reach a wider audience. With thanks to Arts Council England; PRS Foundation; Foyle Foundation; Granada Foundation; and the RVW Trust.
Please support Psappha's work: psappha.com/support-us
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FILM PRODUCTION
Rob Kelledy - Sound Recording and Mastering
Soup Collective - Cameras
Tim Williams - Editor and Producer
PSAPPHA ENSEMBLE
Benjamin Powell - piano
This performance was streamed live on 12th November 2020 from Hallé St Peter's in Manchester (UK) without an audience. This is a new edit of the original livestream and presented in 4K. To view the 4K version we recommend you use Google Chrome or the Firefox browser.
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Few living composers can be said to have exerted quite so much influence on today’s younger composers as Lachenmann. His style has become known as musique concrete instrumentale – in which extreme extended techniques bring about an entirely new spectrum of sounds, some of which are difficult to reconcile with the instrument that’s making them.
The process of getting musicians to explore how to make these sounds on their instruments, which can often introduce a certain physical theatricality into the performance, is almost as important to Lachenmann as the sonic results themselves. As he once said, “you hear the conditions under which a sound- or noise-action is carried out, you hear what materials and energies are involved and what resistance is encountered”.
In 'Serynade', Lachenmann exploits ways of transforming sounds on the piano through the use of the pedals and jarringly abrupt changes in dynamics. The piano’s strings are made to resonate in pitch combinations that allow harmonics to bloom and swell, producing what he calls “a new type of melody”.
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Psappha is grateful for the support we receive from funders which enables us to reach a wider audience. With thanks to Arts Council England; PRS Foundation; Foyle Foundation; Granada Foundation; and the RVW Trust.
Please support Psappha's work: psappha.com/support-us
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LEARN MORE AND FOLLOW PSAPPHA
Website: psappha.com
Subscribe to Psappha's Enewsletter: buff.ly/31HjEHV
Twitter: twitter.com/PsapphaEnsemble
Facebook: facebook.com/psappha.ensemble
Instagram: instagram.com/psapphaensemble
FILM PRODUCTION
Rob Kelledy - Sound Recording and Mastering
Soup Collective - Cameras
Tim Williams - Editor and Producer
