UMS'nJIP
Playing with Morton
Morton Feldman, Three voices, 1982
arr.: UMS'nJIP, 2021
Who'd have thought
that snow falls
snow whirled
nothing ever fell
(Frank O'Hara)
Playing with Morton
arranges Morton Feldman's emblematic opus Three Voices for the instrumentation of UMS'nJIP. Feldman originally conceived the work for three soprano singers and reworked it for the premiere for one soprano with tape and two loudspeakers due to the level of difficulty: UMS'nJIP now venture a step further with a (and probably the first) transposition for male voice, bass recorder and optional vocal/instrumental tape. The voice no longer dialogues with the two loudspeakers, which stand for Feldman's deceased friends Phil Guston and Frank O'Hara; in their version, UMS'nJIP place Feldman in their midst and play with him - Playing with Morton: pure deceleration and meditation, like a quiet walk across a freshly snow-covered landscape!
UMS'nJIP/Avantgarde Arranged.
UMS'nJIP have performed over 300 commissioned works and 1400 concerts in over 40 countries since 2007, true to their credo: small, fine, sustainable. Parallel to their work as performers, they also pursue a career as composers and as such have won over 35 international awards. With the Avantgarde Arranged program, they arrange reference works of modern music for their instrumentation, reflecting the diverse repertoire they have generated over the years. UMS'nJIP's repertoire consists almost exclusively of commissioned works. Since their instrumentation is unique, they cannot draw on existing historical repertoire or repertoire commissioned or created in a different context, as a string quartet can. With the arrangements of the selected pieces, they integrate works relevant to music history into their work and create an exciting alternative view to the abundance of these very works that were commissioned by them.
PARTICIPANTS
UMS'nJIP
Ulrike Mayer-Spohn, recorders/electronics
Javier Hagen, voice/electronics
LINKS
http://umsnjip.ch/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMS_'n_JIP
https://www.youtube.com/@umsnjip/playlists
http://facebook.com/umsnjip
http://instagram.com/umsnjip
http://soundcloud.com/umsnjip
Playing with Morton
Morton Feldman, Three voices, 1982
arr.: UMS'nJIP, 2021
Who'd have thought
that snow falls
snow whirled
nothing ever fell
(Frank O'Hara)
Playing with Morton
arranges Morton Feldman's emblematic opus Three Voices for the instrumentation of UMS'nJIP. Feldman originally conceived the work for three soprano singers and reworked it for the premiere for one soprano with tape and two loudspeakers due to the level of difficulty: UMS'nJIP now venture a step further with a (and probably the first) transposition for male voice, bass recorder and optional vocal/instrumental tape. The voice no longer dialogues with the two loudspeakers, which stand for Feldman's deceased friends Phil Guston and Frank O'Hara; in their version, UMS'nJIP place Feldman in their midst and play with him - Playing with Morton: pure deceleration and meditation, like a quiet walk across a freshly snow-covered landscape!
UMS'nJIP/Avantgarde Arranged.
UMS'nJIP have performed over 300 commissioned works and 1400 concerts in over 40 countries since 2007, true to their credo: small, fine, sustainable. Parallel to their work as performers, they also pursue a career as composers and as such have won over 35 international awards. With the Avantgarde Arranged program, they arrange reference works of modern music for their instrumentation, reflecting the diverse repertoire they have generated over the years. UMS'nJIP's repertoire consists almost exclusively of commissioned works. Since their instrumentation is unique, they cannot draw on existing historical repertoire or repertoire commissioned or created in a different context, as a string quartet can. With the arrangements of the selected pieces, they integrate works relevant to music history into their work and create an exciting alternative view to the abundance of these very works that were commissioned by them.
PARTICIPANTS
UMS'nJIP
Ulrike Mayer-Spohn, recorders/electronics
Javier Hagen, voice/electronics
LINKS
http://umsnjip.ch/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMS_'n_JIP
https://www.youtube.com/@umsnjip/playlists
http://facebook.com/umsnjip
http://instagram.com/umsnjip
http://soundcloud.com/umsnjip
Admission free (collection), limited seating, reservation recommended (mebu@umsnjip.ch)