Dedicated to Xenia Pestova
Just released on CD!
In this piece, no normal piano sound is being played. Instead, the low piano plate is struck with a clave, producing rich resonances which are sustained by sustain pedal. In the sostenuto pedal (3.P.), a overtone chord is held all over the piece which becomes only audible after the sustain pedal has been released.
Additionally, an E-Bow placed over the strings of the middle C excites this pitch which is an overtone of all the chordal components held in the sostenuto pedal.
This short piece is unfolding itself by the subtle interplay between the two pedals, the E-Bow and the silently depressed (and gradually released) key of middle C. By this, the piano is turned into a sort of filter bank that is excited by noise bursts (produced by the claves struck onto the piano plate) and a sine wave (produced by the E-Bow resonance of the middle C).
Das Stück besteht nur aus sieben Takten, in denen kein einziger 'normaler' Klavierton erklingt. Stattdessen Resonanzklänge in der Tiefe. Über der Saite des eingestrichenen C wird der E-Bow, ein Effektgerät für die E-Gitarre, montiert. Der elektronisch verfremdete Klavierklang wird zum Geräusch. Geschrieben hat Karlheinz Essl Take the C Train bereits 2009 für eine befreundete Pianistin. 30 Sekunden anlässlich ihres 30. Geburtstags: "Es hört sich an, als ob ein Zug von weitem kommen und dann wegfahren würde", sagt Seda Röder: "Das ist eine Art Surround-Effekt. Und ich finde das ganz toll, solche verrückten Sachen zu meistern"
in: Programmheft des Festivals Klangspuren 2013 zu Seda Röders Solorecital Black and White Statements
Take the C Train (2009)
Studio recording by Xenia Pestova
Amsterdam, Sep 2009
The score of Take the C Train can be downloaded for free. Please note that the music is protected by copyright.
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