Pamela Reimer — Homage to the piano
This marathon concert spanning the ages highlights Pamela Reimer’s artistry and passion for her instrument. From Couperin to Stockhausen, the pianist offers a rich and diverse program that pays tribute to the boundless wealth of the piano.
Erinnerungsspuren, a cycle of piano pieces by Alberto Posadas, is an homage to the piano in six parts. In his "reminiscences", the Spanish composer brings to mind several of the most innovative keyboard composers, taking them as sources for his studies of the piano's sound space. From François Couperin to Robert Schumann and Claude Debussy to Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Giacinto Scelsi and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
What matters to Posadas in his cycle is not to make explicit connections to the past; he rather discerns concepts from the historical repertoire, namely Erinnerungsspuren [traces of memory], that find expression in pianistic experiments. Special pedalling techniques, preparations on the strings and other parts of the piano allow changes of individual sounds and micro-intervals while they are resonating, creating a trans-historical sound space.
In his cycle Alberto Posadas gives fewer answers than he raises questions in which the music of his six predecessors can be heard as sounds of remembrance: how can new and old material put each other in a different light and perhaps even redefine themselves? And what can be the meaning of quotations when it comes to building bridges between old and new, between the known and the unknown?
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Espace Ste-Hilda 6341 Av. De Lorimier
Pricing
| Solidarity | 40$ |
| Regular | 30$ |
| Reduced | 20$ |
