Event

Jürg Frey: "Unhörbare Zeit"

"Unhörbare Zeit" is a much needed American showcase of the music of the Swiss composer Jürg Frey, a longtime member of the Wandelweiser collective. Frey's music is often at the threshold of silence, requiring virtuosity of a different kind: extreme sensitivity to sound and timbre. The concert features at its center the American premiere of the monumental work "Unhörbare Zeit (Streichquarttet & Schlagzeug)", commissioned by the Bozzini Quartet the subject of a 2007 documentary by Urs Graf. It will be performed here by String Noise (Conrad Harris & Pauline Kim Harris) with members of FLUX Quartet, Talujon Percussion, and S.E.M. Ensemble.

The concert also features a reprise of "Ohne Titel (2 Violinen)" performed by String Noise, and the world premieres of parts of Frey's recent "Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes" series, written for composer-performer ensemble The Dream Team during the trio's 2012 US tour.

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Set I (7 pm):
Wer macht das Stück? (1998), for solo piano
Ohne Titel (2 Violinen) (1995/96), for violin duo
Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes 36-39 (2012), for harmonium, guitar and percussion

Set II (8 pm):
Unhörbare Zeit (Streichquarttet & Schlagzeug) (2005/06), for string quartet and two percussionists

Set III (9 pm):
Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes 40-43 (2012), for harmonium, tenor saxophone and percussion
Ohne Titel (Komplexität der Empfindungen) (1995/98), for flute and piano
Jemanden bei einer Tätigkeit zu hören (1997), for percussion