Helmut Lachenmann: Mouvement, …Zwei Gefühle and Consolations I & II

Featuring

Hans Zender
Helmut Lachenmann
Walter Nussbaum
Martin Homann
Dirk Rothbrust
Adam Weisman

Boris Müller
Klangforum Wien
ensemble aisthesis
Schola Heidelberg

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Composer Biography

Helmut Lachenmann, born in Stuttgart in 1935, studied with Luigi Nono in Venice, where he analyzed old and new music and experimented with serial and free compositions.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Helmut Lachenmann's music aims to break through aesthetic pre-programming of society without confirming it, seeking a realistic understanding of sound as a message of its creation conditions.

Performer Biography

Klangforum Wien, founded in 1985 by Beat Furrer, operates as a democratic forum where performers, conductors, and composers collaborate equally, replacing traditional hierarchical structures.

Performer Biography

ensemble aisthesis, whose name means 'perception' in Greek, aims to sharpen the senses for contemporary music and played a vital role in the rediscovery of composer René Leibowitz.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lachenmann describes his music since 'temA' and 'Air' as a strictly constructed refusal to accept socially pre-formed listening expectations, engaging in dialectical processes with expressive musical material.

Performer Biography

SCHOLA HEIDELBERG, a soloistic vocal ensemble founded in 1992 by Walter Nußbaum, focuses on 20th-century music and early vocal compositions, exploring various intonation systems and vocal techniques like microtonal singing.