new sounds from vienna
polwechsel with gene coleman
tuesday · 23 june 1998 · 9 pm
arospace
925 east pike street · seattle

The Ensemble Sospeso and AROSpace Productions present the Seattle debut of the internationally acclaimed Austrian group Polwechsel: Burkhard Stangl, guitar; Michael Moser, cello; Werner Dafeldecker, bass; and guest artist Gene Coleman, bass clarinet. Their Seattle performance features compositions by Mr. Coleman as well as by the German composer Helmut Lachenmann; Polwechsel will also perform free improvisations.  Virtuoso interpreters of avant garde classical music and free improvisation, Polwechsel's performances ask audiences to reevaluate the boundaries between composition and improvisation. Peter Margasak of the Chicago Reader writes, “Polwechsel are masters of the sensitive give-and-take; they apply their sublime skills in a fascinating exploration of sound.” 
 


burkhard stangl guitar
michael moser cello
werner dafeldecker bass
gene coleman bass clarinet




helmut lachenmann
pression

polwechsel
improvsations

 


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