Concertare Means Reaching an Agreement: On Mathias Spahlinger's ‘Piano Concerto’ inter-mezzo (1986)¹

[1] This text is a revised version of the text to the radio program ‘concertare heißt vereinbaren. Mathias Spahlingers “Klavierkonzert”inter-mezzo. concertato non concertabile tra pianoforte e orchestra (1986)’, which was broadcast by Hessian Radio 2 on January 28, 2003. First published in German in MusikTexte, 103, November 2004. Used with permission. Translated by Philipp Blume.

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Notes

[1] This text is a revised version of the text to the radio program ‘concertare heißt vereinbaren. Mathias Spahlingers “Klavierkonzert”inter-mezzo. concertato non concertabile tra pianoforte e orchestra (1986)’, which was broadcast by Hessian Radio 2 on January 28, 2003. First published in German in MusikTexte, 103, November 2004. Used with permission. Translated by Philipp Blume.

[2] M. Spahlinger, in a conversation with the author, September 22, 2002. Henceforth: ‘Interview’.

[3] Interview.

[4] A recording of the work was made in 1986 by the Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jürg Wyttenbach. The soloist was Robert Regös. Wergo CD WER 6513-2.

[5] Commentary on inter-mezzo (1986) on the occasion of a performance of passage/paysage by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, directed by Leif Segerstam at the world music days in Stockholm, 1994. Henceforth: ‘Commentary’.

[6] Commentary.

[7] Cf. M. Spahlinger in a recording by the Hessian Radio of an introductory text for the premiere of inter-mezzo in 1988 in Frankfurt. Henceforth: ‘Recording’.

[8] Commentary.

[9] Recording.

[10] Recording.

[11] Commentary.

[12] Commentary.

[13] Recording.

[14] Recording.

[15] Recording.

[16] Mathias Spahlinger in a lecture on extension, held at the Darmstadt Summer Courses in 1986, where he also briefly discusses inter-mezzo.

[17] See note 16.