Helmut Lachenmann's advanced theories on sound production and the existential aspects of performance are put to the test in Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (The Little Match Girl), his avant-garde opera based on texts by Hans Christian Andersen and Leonardo da Vinci. In performance, this work has a powerful impact, and much of that is attributable to the spectacle provided by the players. Lachenmann's complex gestures and scintillating effects are extraordinary by themselves, but the physical production of these sounds ...
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Helmut Lachenmann's advanced theories on sound production and the existential aspects of performance are put to the test in Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (The Little Match Girl), his avant-garde opera based on texts by Hans Christian Andersen and Leonardo da Vinci. In performance, this work has a powerful impact, and much of that is attributable to the spectacle provided by the players. Lachenmann's complex gestures and scintillating effects are extraordinary by themselves, but the physical production of these sounds in live performance is critical to their reception because they define space and create situations that are central to the drama. On CD, all of this visual activity is lost, and the listener is left with approximately half of the experience. The recording leaves only an impression of sounds darting around the performance area, and their precise locations are impossible to sort out. One may imagine that something intense and provocative is happening, but after a few minutes, this...
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