Category: intonation
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Intonation II: “Gimme That Ol’ Time Religion”
Here’s a still from the TV broadcast of us playing Henze’s Requiem in the Cathedral of Cologne, April 2009 Our latest concert presented quite a challenge! The Cathedral of Cologne has an evening temperature (this time of year) of 15.3˚ C (59.4˚ F). That was with spotlights and extra spots from the television crew. As…
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Intonation III : the Spectre of Spectralism
Some days ago I got the score for G. F. Haas’ new work „ … wie Stille brannte das Licht“. (What is it with German-speaking composers and their titles with elipses?). It got me thinking about how different composers notate microtonality. I like what Haas has done, it is explicit in placing the note within…