Pianophilia

I'll try to plug one or two gaps in the available William Sterndale Bennett
piano repertoire over the next week or so, starting with this Scherzo, which
was first referred to by the composer in correspondence with the Leipzig
publisher Friedrich Kistner on Oct.6 1845, according to his son's biography.

To my mind, it's extraordinary that 19th. century British composers of his
stature still don't have ALL of their piano works in general circulation.
Stanford is another example of this injustice. Imagine some of Mendelssohn's
published piano works not being in general circulation - it just wouldn't happen.

Definitely interested. Awaiting for other pieces by him. Thanks.

Not sure where to put this question......

About 2 years ago, I attended a presentation at Royal Academy of Music at London. It is about a new type of piano music (not quite new, perhaps 1980s-90s) utilising harmonics or rather wave differences of two closely pitched low strings, eg C and C#, let the strings vibrates and the pitch differences creating (what physicists would call) beats.......

The music had a surreal, or Zen quality... perhaps cosmics, and rather invocative to meditation...

As age has caught up, I simply could not recall what this genre of compositions is called, or even some who the presentors/composers were.... except I can recall there were even etudes written for it.

Could some learned forumers can advise the name of this new genres.

I finally got to the Bennet Scherzo today. Thank's for posting this Timtim.

soh choon wee wrote:Not sure where to put this question......

About 2 years ago, I attended a presentation at Royal Academy of Music at London. It is about a new type of piano music (not quite new, perhaps 1980s-90s) utilising harmonics or rather wave differences of two closely pitched low strings, eg C and C#, let the strings vibrates and the pitch differences creating (what physicists would call) beats.......

The music had a surreal, or Zen quality... perhaps cosmics, and rather invocative to meditation...

As age has caught up, I simply could not recall what this genre of compositions is called, or even some who the presentors/composers were.... except I can recall there were even etudes written for it.

Could some learned forumers can advise the name of this new genres.

Found.... it is spectral music. You may like to listen to some examples at https://app.box.com/s/fg2ryqmg5gl7urzec6a6

Friday 3rd February 2012 "The Piano as Spectral Instrument"
2.00pm and 4.00pm (discussions) and
6.30pm (performance)

Florian Mitrea, Christopher Ma, Karim Said and Roderick Chadwick piano


Radulescu Sonata no.4 ‘like a well... older than God’
Newton Armstrong Too slow, for Milton
Alex Hills Five Resonance Studies
Liszt Funerailles
Helmut Lachenmann Serynade

Is it possible to write spectral piano music? Can the piano play microtonal music? These issues are discussed by composers and pianists in relation to both contemporary and historical repertoire.
The evening performance features several of the works under discussion. With Newton Armstrong, Roderick Chadwick, Alex Hills and Andrew Infanti.



Wonder anyone has any scores (I know very impossible especially with copyright)??? Perhaps some composer are willing to forgo the copyright in exchange of a wider performance???

promusician wrote:Definitely interested. Awaiting for other pieces by him. Thanks.

Please note that another work by WSBennett has now been uploaded to IMSLP.
It's his 3 Romances Op14 (complete). Previously, only the second piece in the set
was available. Interestingly, the Augener plate number is just one up from that of
his F minor piano sonata, also on there.

remy wrote:Does anyone have Charles Hubert Hastings Parry's Charakterbilder (Seven Ages of Mind), especially No.5 Espressivo and No.6 Allegro energico?

The First Sonata in F and the Second in a minor would be nice to have, also.

Pleasant music, bordering on charming.

Thanks very much.


jeremy

More than four years on from when Jeremy wrote the above message,
sadly there's still no posting of Parry's Charakterbilder.
This Schumannesque work is also on the IMSLP wishlist.
Let's hope it turns up at some point.

Timtin wrote: Please note that another work by WSBennett has now been uploaded to IMSLP.
It's his 3 Romances Op14 (complete). Previously, only the second piece in the set
was available. Interestingly, the Augener plate number is just one up from that of
his F minor piano sonata, also on there.

Thanks for the addition!

soh choon wee wrote:

soh choon wee wrote:Not sure where to put this question......

About 2 years ago, I attended a presentation at Royal Academy of Music at London. It is about a new type of piano music (not quite new, perhaps 1980s-90s) utilising harmonics or rather wave differences of two closely pitched low strings, eg C and C#, let the strings vibrates and the pitch differences creating (what physicists would call) beats.......

The music had a surreal, or Zen quality... perhaps cosmics, and rather invocative to meditation...

As age has caught up, I simply could not recall what this genre of compositions is called, or even some who the presentors/composers were.... except I can recall there were even etudes written for it.

Could some learned forumers can advise the name of this new genres.

Found.... it is spectral music. You may like to listen to some examples at https://app.box.com/s/fg2ryqmg5gl7urzec6a6

Friday 3rd February 2012 "The Piano as Spectral Instrument"
2.00pm and 4.00pm (discussions) and
6.30pm (performance)

Florian Mitrea, Christopher Ma, Karim Said and Roderick Chadwick piano


Radulescu Sonata no.4 ‘like a well... older than God’
Newton Armstrong Too slow, for Milton
Alex Hills Five Resonance Studies
Liszt Funerailles
Helmut Lachenmann Serynade

Is it possible to write spectral piano music? Can the piano play microtonal music? These issues are discussed by composers and pianists in relation to both contemporary and historical repertoire.
The evening performance features several of the works under discussion. With Newton Armstrong, Roderick Chadwick, Alex Hills and Andrew Infanti.



Wonder anyone has any scores (I know very impossible especially with copyright)??? Perhaps some composer are willing to forgo the copyright in exchange of a wider performance???

Hi
Radulescu you find on the radulescu website http://www.horatiuradulescu.com/ I play his stuff quite often.
Alex Hills works at the Royal Academy of Music, London ... maybe contact him through the website.
Lachenmann -- Barenreiter or Breitkopf (can't remember which)
Armstrong -- not sure. Bet he has his own website though!

Other spectral works are mostly written by French composers: especially try Terretoires de l'oubli and La Mandragore by Tristan Murail. Also Levinas is good.

promusician wrote:

Timtin wrote: Please note that another work by WSBennett has now been uploaded to IMSLP.
It's his 3 Romances Op14 (complete). Previously, only the second piece in the set
was available. Interestingly, the Augener plate number is just one up from that of
his F minor piano sonata, also on there.

Thanks for the addition!

Promusician, it's nice to know you like WSB's piano music.
Watch this space for one or two other previously uncirculated
works of his over the next few weeks.
Spectral music it definitely isn't!