Göteborgs Konserthus PIONEER: THE WELL-PREPARED PIANO

Event has already taken place. Quirky versions of Bach’s preludes and fugues in which wooden sticks, rubber bands and ping-pong balls produce novel sounds and dimensions from a “well-prepared piano”.

Concert length: 2 h no intermission Scene: Stenhammarsalen
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We’re talking about Mathias Halvorsen’s well-prepared piano, which tackles Bach’s stately The Well-Tempered Clavier and its legendary exploration of different keys.

Halvorsen has created versions of Bach’s preludes and fugues unlike any other, using wooden sticks, rubber bands and ping-pong balls to produce novel sounds and dimensions from a “well-prepared piano”. Music anchored in Bach but ready for the future.

In this clip, Mathias Halvorsen enthusiastically experiments with the Goldberg Variations as his starting point.

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Programme

J S Bach Das wohltemperierte Klavier

Participants

Mathias Halvorsen piano
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