Bppbch
Written on June 2nd , 2025 by Brandon Woo Snyder8 Instruments and Electronics
“bppbch” - a piano when all the keys are pressed.
Bppbch considers the work required to produce a sound. The work of each musician is shown as they make music under certain physical conditions. The string instruments play without a bow, the woodwinds use a whole breath for each note. The keyboard players often use only a single finger, so there is no way to play legato. The pianist also uses his whole body to push large clusters into the piano, while the midi keyboardist plays the same clusters with a single key.
This music is inelegant, brutal and fragmented.
Consideration of the work involved in sound production also focuses on the ensemble as a whole. Normally, a conductor organizes the coordination of the ensemble. In Bppbch there is no conductor, and the musicians take on different roles of leading, following and autonomy throughout the performance.
This piece is dedicated to Luxa Schüttler and Christof Löser. Luxa, because they advised me during my studies in Germany and encouraged me to undertake this project. Christof, whose conducting, directing and curating style inspired much of the ensemble concept in this piece.
Vincent Thomann - Oboe Lyuta Kobayashi - Clarinet in B-flat Tasuku Noguchi - Tenor Saxophone Augustin Lipp - Percussion Alex Waite - Piano Selim Can Kiliçaslan - MIDI Piano Can Boerescu - MIDI Piano Malin Grass - Violin Daniela Petry - Contrabass
