Monday 1 May 2023, 8pm
"Repetition does not change anything in the repeated object, but it does change something in the mind that looks at it." (David Hume, quoted by Gilles Deleuze)
Austrian composer Bernhard Lang's ongoing series 'Differenz/Wiederholung' (Difference/repetition) explores the potential of repetition in music in its many varied forms. Lang's work ranges from the strictly notated to graphical, from fully specified to semi-improvised, and from highly abstract material to quotes from other composers and samples from the soundtracks of Boris Karloff films.
The concert will include the launch of a new book on Lang by musicologist Christine Dysers and an interview with the composer.
Bernhard Lang - Christine Dysers
https://www.intellectbooks.com/bernhard-lang
Programme
- DW 4 (2000)
- GAME 4-4-4 (2019)
- Monadologie XXXVI Chopin Etudes (2016-17)
- GAME 5-4-2 (2020)
- DW 23 ...Loops for Dr. X (2013)
Plus-Minus Ensemble
- Mira Benjamin, violin
- Roderick Chadwick, keyboards
- Primož Sukič, e-guitar
- Vicky Wright, clarinets
- Mark Knoop, keyboards/conductor
Plus Minus is a UK-based group dedicated to commissioning new works alongside modern and landmark repertoire. Formed in 2003, the group focuses on performative, electroacoustic, and conceptual pieces, Plus-Minus explores experimental works, including Stockhausen’s 1963 classic, after which the ensemble is named. The ensemble was resident at University of Edinburgh from 2019 to 2024 and in recent years has performed at Whelan’s (Dublin), BBC studios, Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon), MINU festival (Copenhagen) and Klangspuren Schwaz in Austria.
