Christian Klinkenberg introduces a Microtonal Day as part of the Polyphonic Performance Spaces Programme on 27th February, 2019 at Koninklijk Conservatorium, Brussels.
Download brochure: pps program
To enroll, contact: kunstenplatformb@gmail.com.
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EUROMicroFest 2019
EUROMicroFest 2019 (Artistic Director, Donald Bousted)4th international festival of microtonal music and interdisciplinary art presents:Das Stimmt!!Alte und Neue MusikIn Tune!Early and New MusicEUROMicroFest is a collaboration between Microtonal Projects and un-sound e.V. in Freiburg, Germany.Dates: 24th-25th May, 2019, at the Elisabeth-Schneider-Stiftung and Museum für Stadtgeschichte, Wentzinger Haus.The concerts will feature guitarist Michael Kudirka (USA), sponsored by the Carl-Schurz-Haus Freiburg; keyboard player, David Henkelman (Freiburg/ Canada); duo Contour (microtonal trumpets and malletKat) and ensemble l’imaginaire (Strasbourg)Speakers: Matthias S. Krüger (Lörrach, DE) with guitarist, Stephan Schmidt (Basel); Composer, Christian Klinkenberg (BE); recorder player Kathryn Bennetts (co-author of The Quarter-Tone Recorder Manual) (GB) and, from the Finnish Microtonal Society, composer Juhani Topias Vesikkala.
INSTALLATION:Elisabeth-Schneider-StiftungPong,Pong,Pong – microtonal videogame for up to 6 playersStudents from the Hochschule Macromedia with Prof. Ephraim WegnerA full programme will be released soon!Funded by
Strandkorbstiftung/ Freiburger BürgerstiftungSparkasse Freiburg- Nördlicher BreisgauStadt Freiburg im Breisgau KulturamtStiftungen Landesbank Baden-WürttembergRegierungspräsidium FreiburgSponsorsMusik GillhausVenue PartnersElisabeth-Schneider-StiftungMuseum für Stadtgeschichte, Wentzinger HausEMF Freiburg Partner Ensembles:International PartnersInternationale Gesellschaft für Ekmelische Musik (Salzburg)‘Mikrotöne: Small is beautiful’ZM4 (Zentrum für Multimedia und Mikrotonalität Musik, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg)Finnish Microtonal Society (Helsinki)KL-EX Ensemble (Belgium)“Polyphonic Performance Spaces” Conference ,Sound Plasma Tallin and Berlin -
RASP on Bandcamp
https://stephenaltoft.bandcamp.com/album/rasp
We have been aware that buying RASP (Stephen Altoft’s 2nd CD of 19-div music) through Tutti is expensive, because of postage and packing charges, if you live at various points around the world. We have therefore added it to Bandcamp. We hope you will still buy it! Although you get 3 listens for free!
Also, we have added Steve’s first solo 19-div CD The Yasser Collection to our Dropbox Resources. This is now available FREE if you have signed up to The Microtonal Trumpet mailing list via the contact page.
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Presentation of 19-div Theory and Repertoire
13 December, 2018 Forum Neue Musik, 7pm
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Mannheim, Germany. Works by Stephen Altoft, Donald Bousted and Carlos Cotallo Solares (WP). Performed by DUO CONTOUR.
There will be a presentation by Donald Bousted, composer and Artistic Director of Microtonal Projects, on the 19-division Tuning during the afternoon (2.30-4pm) for the composition class of Prof. Sidney Corbett.
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“Seven Leaves” – An interactive musical narrative by Christian Klinkenberg
Christian Klinkenberg’s new Bohlen-Pierce composition ‘Seven Leaves’ was first performed on the 27th of April in the cultural center “Alter Schlachthof” Eupen (Belgium) with the Kl-Ex Ensemble. There will be a further performance on November 20th, 2018 in the “AINSI” Theater Maastricht (NL).
The musicians
- Nora-Louise Müller: Bohlen-Pierce Clarinet
- Todd Harrop: Bohlen-Pierce ChimesÂ
- Franck Hemmerle: Percussion
- Vedran Mutic: Bohlen-Pierce-E-BassÂ
- Melle Weijters: Bohlen-Pierce-E-Guitar
- Christian Klinkenberg: Bohlen-Pierce Keyboard
- Paul Pankert: ViolinÂ
- Suse Weisse: Storyteller
- Lothar Felten: Interactive App
- Jens Schumacher: Samples and real-time-fx
- Marc Kirschvink: Paintings
Plot
A story about lost love, an evil witch, an enchanted tree, and the leaves that hung, but never grew is integrated in the performance.
The scale
The Bohlen Pierce scale is a 13-step non octave scale which is tempered to the perfect-twelfth (3/1). For this reason, the musicians have specially constructed instruments (clarinet, keyboard, chimes). The string instruments (e-guitar, bass, violin) also need to retune their strings and have to increase the spacing of the fingerings or frets by about half.
The app
The special feature of this performance: the audience can play along via an app.
Partners
EUROMicroFest, Chudoscnik Sunergia, IMPACT (International Meeting in Performing Arts and Creative Technologies), Jazz Maastricht
Photos by Peter Ortmann
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EASTER release of RASP!
Buy RASP now from Tutti for only £12
Download the full programme notes: RASP CD Programme Notes
11 new tracks all for Stephen Altoft’s unique 19-div trumpet
We really hope you love it! We’re already preparing the next release!
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RASP new CD released soon!
In a few weeks time Stephen Altoft is releasing his new CD, RASP. To whet your appetites the full CD notes can be downloaded here: RASP CD Programme Notes. Stephen is presenting 11 recently written pieces in 19-division tuning. Like the Yasser Collection before it, these pieces are diverse in orientation and international in outlook. The CD, presented as a Digipack, will be available through Tutti.
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The 19-division Trumpet
This is the final video in our introductory Series. We are planning more, so please contact us if you would like us to cover something specifically.