Xenia PESTOVA

Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists and live electronics
Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo (Xenia Pestova / Pascal Meyer)


VIDEO: Short excerpt from the live performance at the Cork School of Music, Ireland, November 2008 with Andrew Lewis, sound projection:

Bars 599 - 641 ("morse code" radio signals and "Noh-theatre" exclamations)


Stockhausen "MANTRA" (fragment) from Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo on Vimeo.


AUDIO: Short excerpts from the live performance at Festival Archipel, Geneva, April 2008 with Jan Panis, sound projection:

Audio example 1: bars 3 - 9 (the Formula: piano 1 solo)


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Audio example 2: bars 132 - 150 (piano 2 solo, later joined by piano 1)


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Audio example 3: bars 349 - 431 ("simulation" of electronic processing with "looped" piano and woodblock gesture, followed by glissandi)


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Audio example 4: bars 608 - 622 ("morse code" radio)


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Audio example 5: bars 641 - 645 (slow repeated note and cymbal with modulation)


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