Album artwork for Nocturne (live at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) by Irmin Schmidt

Nocturne (live at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) comprises three pieces performed live on a partly prepared piano, along additional pre-recorded soundscapes.

The live performance of ‘Klavierstück II’ is a pensive improvisation using essential elements of the original piece. ‘Nocturne’ starts with the ambient sounds whilst the piano seemingly melts into the soundscape and eventually grows into a long meditative piano solo. ‘Yonder’ is a much more dramatic piece, dominated by the overwhelming sounds of church bells, a sort of “dies irai”, radical, emotional and fiercely poetic.

Irmin Schmidt

Nocturne (live at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival)

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Album artwork for Nocturne (live at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) by Irmin Schmidt
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$15.99

Released 07/10/2020Catalog Number

CD 95921

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Irmin Schmidt

Nocturne (live at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival)

Mute
Album artwork for Nocturne (live at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) by Irmin Schmidt
CD

$15.99

Released 07/10/2020Catalog Number

CD 95921

Learn more

Nocturne (live at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) comprises three pieces performed live on a partly prepared piano, along additional pre-recorded soundscapes.

The live performance of ‘Klavierstück II’ is a pensive improvisation using essential elements of the original piece. ‘Nocturne’ starts with the ambient sounds whilst the piano seemingly melts into the soundscape and eventually grows into a long meditative piano solo. ‘Yonder’ is a much more dramatic piece, dominated by the overwhelming sounds of church bells, a sort of “dies irai”, radical, emotional and fiercely poetic.