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musikFabrik: Christian Brückner, voice; Melvyn Poore, tuba; Carl Rosman, contrabass clarinet solo, voice and pedal bass drum; Dirk Wietheger, violoncello; Stefan Asbury, Etienne Sieben and Christian Eggens, conductors; Josh Martin (ZKM), sound director

David Lang: Are You Experienced? for narrator, e-tuba solo and 13 musicians
Philippe Boesmans: Sextuor à clavier for piano, 2 violins, 2 violas and violoncellos [World Premiere Recording]
Richard Barrett: interference for contrabass clarinet solo, voice and pedal bass drum
Luca Francesconi: Unexpected End of Formula for violoncello, live-electronics and ensemble [World Premiere Recording]

Unexpected events rupture continuity; they occur suddenly. They create a moment, a now, in which the flow of history dissolves into "suddenness". The question posed by David Lang in the title of his melodrama - "Are you experienced?" - is rhetorical in nature, given that the piece takes a speculative look at the unexpected end of a concert evening. Philippe Boesmans, best known as a composer of operas, surprises us with a "Biedermeier" sextet. For Richard Barrett, interference becomes a structural principle, and Luca Francesconi knows the formula for driving the formulaic out of music.

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