Bernhard Lang's "Monadologie" series, which includes over forty compositions, involves purposefully recomposing and repeating pre-existing music as a form of humor, irony, and socio-cultural critique.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bernhard Lang's core musical aesthetic is based on the concept of the loop, or never-ending repetition.
Compositional Technique
Bernhard Lang organizes his musical output into large-scale compositional series, with no fewer than seven ongoing series, each exploring the concept of repetition.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The French post-structuralist philosopher Gilles Deleuze's work, particularly his book "Différence et répétition," was a major turning point in Bernhard Lang's compositional career.
Composition History
Bernhard Lang's "Monadologie XVI: Solfeggio" was originally deemed "unplayable" by competition organizers in 2011, but Lang revised it with flautist Manuel Zurria, to whom it is now dedicated.
Composition History
Bernhard Lang's "Monadologie XVI: Solfeggio" reinterprets a flute study by Frederick II, also known as Frederick the Great, the monarch of Prussia who was also a gifted flautist and composer.
Compositional Technique
Bernhard Lang's compositional language frequently uses the looping of musical motifs, phrases, and sections, and he also repeats pre-existing music.
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