Impromptus on a Prepared Piano, by Landfrauenband

Impromptus on a Prepared Piano

by Landfrauenband

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1.	Impromptu No. 1 05:20	info	buy track
2.	Impromptu No. 2 02:44	info	buy track
3.	Impromptu No. 3 03:39	info	buy track
4.	Impromptu No. 4 02:08	info	buy track

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The first "Landfrauenband" album "Impromptus on a Prepared Piano" documents the exploration of the possibilities of experimental sound production with the help of a grand piano, which was prepared with screws, iron springs and erasers by contemporary pianist Reinhold Friedl (Zeitkratzer) during a workshop. The owners of the instrument had a panic attack when they found out what we were planning to do to their grand piano, but then gave their consent when they learned that such preparation - if carried out professionally - is considered "normal" playing practice in contemporary music and at the same time it would most probably be the first time in Western music history, that a group of women from the countryside would play such music on such a prepared instrument, i.e. an instrument that had almost certainly only come into contact with the 3 B's (Bach, Brahms, Beethoven) and the like in this place. The pieces are "Instant Compositions", none of the artists had ever played on a prepared grand piano before. The four pieces are "first takes" and were recorded in a time span of 1.5 hours.

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released December 8, 2023

Authors and Performers:
Uschi Opitz, Anja Dietze, Cindy Gampe, Katrin Bauer, Susan Kutrieba, Margitta Talkenberg, Peggy Böhme, Sandra Saborowski

Performed and recorded in October 2023. @ JugendKunstSchule Frankenberg, in context of the “Landfrauenband”- project by Maurice de Martin

Produced by:
Maurice de Martin

Prepared Piano Supervision: Reinhold Friedl
Mastering: Dirk Dresselhaus @ Zone Berlin

“Landfrauenband” is a project by Maurice de Martin in cooperation with JugendKunstSchule Frankenberg and Sächsischer Landfrauenverband e.V. The project is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag.

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