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Strieff, Peter: Chronos-Kairos (Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Exploring the difference between the two Greek concepts of time--chronos (measurable) and kairos (qualitative moments)--Bern composer Urs Peter Schneider's 1973 composition uses synthesizers to measure, divide, experience, forget, free from, and embody time; plus a 1968 composition with Ensemble Nueue Horizon Bern, and two recent works with Ensemble Montaigne.
 

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Peter Streiff-synthesizer, composer, gongs, cymbals

Ensemble Neue Horizonte Bern-ensemble

Urs Peter Schneider-conductor, gongs, cymbals

Matthias Bruppacher-gongs, cymbals

Lutz Leonhardt-gongs, cymbals

Roland Moser-gongs, cymbals

Ensemble Montaigne-ensemble

Andreas Brenner-conductor

Julianna Wetzel-flute

Peter Vogeli-oboe

Nicola Katz-clarinet

Bahar Tonaboylu-horn

Patricia Pazos Pintor-bassoon

Miriam Muller-violin

Claudia Kienzler-violin

Markus Wieser-viola

Felix Schueli-violoncello

Kaspar Wirz-double bass


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UPC: 4011778039334

Label: Edition Wandelweiser Records
Catalog ID: EWR 2007
Squidco Product Code: 30251

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2020
Country: Austria
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 3 Panels
Track 1 recorded at Studio Paolo Knill, in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1972.

Track 2 recorded in Bern, Switzerland, in 1984.

Tracks 3 and 4 recorded in Chollerhalle, in Zug, Switzerland, in 2018, by Claudia Kienzler.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"Measuring time (chronos), dividing up time, experiencing time, forgetting time, free from time, embodied time, opportune moment (kairos)"-Edition Wandelweiser Records


Artist Biographies

"Urs Peter Schneider was born in Berne. He is a composer, interpreter andeducationalist.
1959 until 1966 - studies under the tutelage of Walter Langand prof. Bruno Seidlhofer (piano), prof. Sandor Veress and KarlheinzStockhausen (composition) in Berne, Cologne and Vienna.
1968 - founds theEnsemble Neue Horizonte Bern (over 800 concerts, radio recordings andperformances)
1967 until 2007 - a total of fifteen recordings, partly withcomposed programmes
1983 - receives canton Berne's music prize
1964until 1987 - receives a further six prizes as a composer and pianist
Since1966 - lives in Biel, where he was awarded the city's culture prize in 2006.
1955 until 2004 - twelve dozen compositions encompassing all genres (over 2000performances in Europe, America and Russia)
Until 2002 - professor fortheory and ensemble music at the Musikhochschule Bern
Urs Peter Schneiderincreasingly appears as a performer, often with his own text compositions. He isa specialist in (pre)classical and conceptual music. He received the SwissAssociation of Musician's composition award in 2009 and has over 200 works with"aart-Verlag" (since 2002)."

-Last.FM (https://www.last.fm/music/Urs+Peter+Schneider/+wiki)
3/13/2024

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"Born in 1985 in Zurich, Nicola Katz lives in Lucerne. He is a great lover of refined cuisine and a trendsetter with respect to buzzwords. His concert activity involves collaborating as a chamber and orchestral musician with such ensembles as the Nexus Reed Quintet, the Ensemble PentaTon, the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra (in 2011, under the direction of Pierre Boulez), and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra."

-http://www.luziavonwylensemble.com/en/ensemble (Luzia von Wyl Ensemble Website)
3/13/2024

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Track Listing:



1. Chronos-Kairos (1973) 24:48

2. Profil (Ein Ritueller Verlauf) (1968) 9:23

3. Gneis 1 (Blau Rot Atem Grun) (2016) 11:34

4. Fur Zehn (Faden Zettel Pragung) (2012) 11:17

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Compositional Forms
Large Ensembles
Solo Artist Recordings
Electro-Acoustic
Piano & Keyboards
European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
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