Podcast appearances and mentions of isabel ettenauer

On September 15, 1945, Anton Webern was shot by an American occupation soldier in alleged self-defense in Mittersill, where he had taken refuge from the approaching Red Army. Thus ended the life of one of the most influential composers of the modern era in an inconceivable and tragic way. 60 years later - on September 15, 2005 - two commemorative events for Anton Webern will take place within the framework of the 10th Composers' Forum Mittersill: for an event in public space, Karlheinz Essl has created the algorithmic sound installation WebernUhrWerk for computer-controlled Carillon. For the subsequent commemorative concert in St. Anna's Church, he wrote WebernSpielWerk for Toy Piano, which is a kind of projection of the Carillon music onto a toy piano. The pervasive character of the carillon, which filled the whole place in the afternoon, is reduced to the "poor" sound world of a toy piano, whose sound produced by struck metal rods resembles that of a bell - but is much more restrained and intimate. This composition was written in the last days of August 2005 and is dedicated to Isabel Ettenauer, who premiered this work on September 15, 2005. It consists of four movements: I. espressivo – mit einem gewissen sprechenden Ausdruck II. molto rubato III. Gemessenen Schritts (wie Totenglocken) IV. sehr frei – molto intenso https://www.essl.at/works/webernspielwerk.html

Concert version of Pandora's Secret, a sound performance that Karlheinz wrote for Isabel Ettenauer's "Circus Lebasi", a music circus for the festival Linz09, when Linz was the European capital of culture. Scored for punch-tape-controlled music box and live electronics. https://www.essl.at/works/pandoras-secret.html

Performed by Isabel Ettenauer on a Michelsonne toy piano on July 24th, 2021 at Kulturbrücke Fratres. Score and more: https://www.essl.at/works/webernspielwerk.html On September 15, 1945, Anton Webern was shot by an American occupation soldier in alleged self-defense in Mittersill, where he had taken refuge from the approaching Red Army. Thus ended the life of one of the most influential composers of the modern era in an inconceivable and tragic way. 60 years later - on September 15, 2005 - two commemorative events for Anton Webern will take place within the framework of the 10th Composers' Forum Mittersill: for an event in public space, Karlheinz Essl has created the algorithmic sound installation WebernUhrWerk for computer-controlled Carillon. For the subsequent commemorative concert in St. Anna's Church, he wrote WebernSpielWerk for Toy Piano, which is a kind of projection of the Carillon music onto a toy piano. The pervasive character of the carillon, which filled the whole place in the afternoon, is reduced to the "poor" sound world of a toy piano, whose sound produced by struck metal rods resembles that of a bell - but is much more restrained and intimate.

Binaural recording of the toy piano concerto "under wood", performed by Isabel Ettenauer (toy pianos) and Ensemble Reconscil Vienna (dir. Antanina Kalechyts) on OCt 7th, 2020 at REAKTOR Wien (A). Listen with headphones! http://www.essl.at/works/underwood.html

Binaural rendering of a live recording - listen with headphones! In "Miles to go", four toy pianists are treated as a single unit, forming a single meta-instrument. They are not merely playing different voices, but contributing to a common sound that they are creating together. The dense and fast hammering at independent tempos creates haunting phasing effects that appear as an aural rendering of the well-known visual moiré patterns. These hectic and breathless movements evoke moments of stress and unrest but at a certain point, become transformed by the listener to the opposite: a quality of calmness. Finally, another transformation takes place when the percussive attacks are gradually replaced by soft and flowing sounds, which are achieved by stroking and scratching the soundboard with the handle of a percussion mallet. Performed by Isabel Ettenauer, Jennifer Hymer, Stefan Weinzirl, Bernhard Fograscher (toy pianos), conducted by Daniel Moreira on 27 Sep 2014 at Laieszhalle, Hamburg (D) during Non-Piano / Toy Piano Weekend. Direct-to-disc recording by Karlheinz Essl (2014). Binaural rendering with IEM Ambisonics Plugins by Gerhard Eckel (December 2018). Info: http://www.essl.at/works/miles2go.html

Recorded by Isabel Ettenauer for the CD "whatever shall be - music for toy instruments and electronics" (edition eirelav, 2013) Having written several pieces for the toy piano before, I dedicated Sequitur V to this interesting instrument which — in fact — has not much in common with the piano as we know it. Its sound resembles chimes or maybe parts of a gamelan orchestra and therefore is not connected to the great history of classical piano music from Bach to Stockhausen; a fact that makes this instrument more accessible for me. Although the toy piano is tiny in every respect, the sound that it produces in Sequitur V becomes incredibly rich thanks to amplification and realtime sound processing. Info: http://www.essl.at/works/sequitur/sequitur-5.html

Karlheinz Essl's first piece for toy piano, composed 2005 for Isabel Ettenauer, became a signature piece for this instrument. The primary aim of this piece is an attempt to break up the restricted sound world of the toy piano - not by superficial means of additional sound processing, but by the sound of the instrument itself. This is achieved by a sound file which is played back by a small loudspeaker which is hidden inside the toy piano; this creates a perfect blend between the sounds of the instrument and the sounds from the loudspeaker. Info and score: http://www.essl.at/works/kalimba.html

Composed 2005 for the 60th anniversary of Anton Webern's death, performed by Isabel Ettenauer and Karlheinz Essl. Info: http://www.essl.at/works/webernspielwerk.html

Ein Podcast mit einer doch recht ungewoehnlichen Interviewkonstellation, naemlich mit den drei Musikern Isabel Ettenauer, Marwan Abado und Alp Bora. Die niederoesterreichische Musikerin Isabel Ettenauer hat sich international laengst einen hervorragenden Ruf als Toy Piano-Koryphaee gemacht und veroeffentlichte mit The joy of toy - New Music for Toy Piano ein Debuetalbum, das mit dem Pasticciopreis von Radio Oesterreich 1 ausgezeichnet wurde. Ueber den Oud-Spieler Marwan Abado, dessen aktuelles Album Kabila heisst, schrieb einmal Andreas Felber in der Tageszeitung Der Standard: "Seit Jahren bereichert der gebuertige Libanese Marwan Abado die Wiener Musikszene. Solo ist er an seinem Instrument, der Oud...nur selten zu vernehmen. Dabei laesst sich gerade in dieser Konstellation die musikalische Akkulturation von Orient und Okzident wie unter einer Lupe studieren. Und Abado ist ein ausgewiesener Meister seines Faches. Intimer Hoergenuss!" Im europaeischen Istanbul hingegen ist Alp Bora geboren, aufgewachsen ist er im anatolischen Ankara und im orientalischen Bagdad, seit 1998 lebt der Gitarrist und Saenger der Band Nim Sofyan in Wien. Warum Wien? "Weil du nirgendwo sonst in Europa Orient und Okzident in so kultivierter Dichte finden und geniessen kannst wie hier", sagt Alp Bora. Amber - Der Bernstein heisst uebrigens die ab 17. Oktober 2007 im Handel erhaeltliche neue CD von Alp Bora. Diese drei scheinbar recht unterschiedlichen Musiker fanden Mitte September 2007 im Rahmen des Viertelfestival NOe in der Villa Gugging eine gemeinsame Buehne und waren danach auch bereit zu einem gemeinsamen Interview. Die erste Frage ging denn auch gleich in die Richtung, wie weit entfernt bzw. wie nah beieinander Musik sein kann, die einerseits am Toy Piano gespielt wird und andererseits auf der Oud bzw. akustischer Gitarre? Isabel Ettenauer, Marwan Abado und Alp Bora und deren gemeinsame Schnittpunkte und Unterschiede stand also im Zentrum des Gespraechs. Nicht nur, Stichwort Joe Zawinul, aber auch.