Una giornata di immersione totale nella musica e nella storia di Edgard Varèse, con presentazioni, letture, proiezioni, ascolti guidati e l'esecuzione integrale di tutte le sue composizioni. Al Barbican a Londra, questo sabato, quasi senza sosta dalla mattina alla sera: BBC Total Immersion Day.

Edgard Varèse, even a half century after his death, remains a controversial yet cult figure. Born in France in 1883, he moved to Italy to study and knew all the major artistic figures of his day. He emigrated to the US in 1915 and, apart from a five-year stint in Paris, remained there until his death in 1965. His unique voice and rigorous, though eclectic aesthetic, influenced countless younger composers even though his entire output can be performed in about three hours. So this Total Immersion is truly total - embracing every note he composed.

https://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=19145
http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?id=19147

Fred Frith e Hans Koch si incontrano nuovamente per alcuni concerti in Svizzera e per il lancio del loro album in duo per l'etichetta Intakt, You Are Here: "They create intriguing sound worlds and fascinating tone structures purely by improvising - si scrive nell'annuncio - it is the music of two mature masters who have worked all their life to develop their own musical language. The duo allows them to make full use of their artistic capability to the great pleasure of the listener."

http://www.intaktrec.ch/286-a.htm
https://intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/you-are-here

Gli album del debutto del compianto Hans Reichel (1949-2011) su etichetta FMP sono da oggi nel prezioso catalogo di ristampe e pubblicazioni di Jim Dempsey and John Corbett, Corbett vs. Dempsey, con sede a Chicago: Wichlinghauser Blues (1973) e Bonobo (1976), entrambi per la prima volta in cd.

http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/2017/04/21/bonobo
http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/2017/04/21/wichlinghauser-blues