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William Kinderman (US) "Bee​[​t​]​h​[​ov​]​e​[​n​]​" - Susanne Kessel, piano - 1​,​50 €

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"Bee[t]h[ov]e[n]" by US-american composer William Kinderman is dedicated to Susanne Kessel.

It is part of Vol. 1 of Susanne Kessel's global composition project

"250 piano pieces for Beethoven"

Susanne Kessel invited 250 composers from all over the world to write new piano pieces for Beethoven's 250th anniversary in the year 2020. All pieces refer to Beethoven's music and/or his life.
Susanne Kessel played the world premieres of all the piano pieces in Beethoven's birthtown Bonn. And further performances also in other cities and countries.

All pieces are published within a high quality sheet music edition by EDITIONS MUSICA FERRUM / London.

You can find the sheet music of this piece in Vol. 1 of the project's edition.

All information about the project - and SHOP:
www.250-piano-pieces-for-beethoven.com

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William Kinderman about his piano piece “Bee[t]h[ov]e[n]”

“Celebrated and long familiar is the sounding symbol for Bach – the four tones B flat, A, C, B natural – which in German musical terminology spell out the four letters of the composer’s name. Unfamiliar is the corresponding symbol for Beethoven. From the five sounding letters B-E-E-H-E–whereby B is expressed as B flat and H as B natural – we hear at once a pregnant motive that conveys the mysterious quality of the piece. The notation of this motive, with the inclusion of apparently superfluous natural signs before the notes on E, convey an obsessive atmosphere. Where are we led by this musical idea? An ominous, descending countermelody is soon combined with the Beethoven motive before we hear a fleeting lyrical passage, a utopian glimpse before the fateful idée fixe resumes. Thereafter the falling countermelody returns and breaks through with tragic force: springing from rapid scale passages, glissandi sweep across the entire keyboard, while the main motive thunders in chords in the deepest register of the bass. Yet at the conclusion the original motive returns. What lurks behind this deceptively simple utterance, which stands as an emblem for the composer?”

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from Vol. 1 - ALBUM / All 25 pieces of Vol. 1 - "250 piano pieces for Beethoven" / 25​​​,​​​- €, released September 21, 2019
Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, 2016
Recording Producer: Frank Schneider
Sheet Music: Editions Musica Ferrum / London
CD Vol 1: obst-music, Köln, prod.: Susanne Kessel

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Susanne Kessel Bonn, Germany

German pianist Susanne Kessel invited 250 composers all around the globe to write piano pieces "for Beethoven". In celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250 anniversary in the year 2020, thshe plays all the 250 p ieces and publishes the sheet music within 10 festive Volumes at Editions Musica Ferrum / London. ... more

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