Artistic presentation of the outcomes of the research project of docARTES candidate Andrew Wright, 'The Polyphonic Touch - Coarticulation and polyphonic expression in the performance of piano and organ music'.
Andrew Wright will perform two lecture-recitals on June 21:
19.00 hrs: on the organ at the Grote Kerk (Rond de Grote Kerk 12, 2513 AM, The Hague)
20.30 hrs: on the piano at the Koningkerk (Bruijnings Ingenhoeslaan 4, 2273 KR, Voorburg)
Both parts will include a short research presentation. The lecture-recitals are open to the public, entrance is free.
Coarticulation and polyphonic expression in the performance of piano and organ music
Different performances of the same work can communicate more or less polyphonic expression through the employment of expressive divergence. Rather than being a purely cerebral experience, this expressive divergence is situated in an ecological relationship between keyboard and player where the gestural dynamics of technique and musicianship overlap. Specific body schemata relating to expressive divergence are therefore foundational to the interpretive freedom of the performer in creating polyphonic expression, and feature transparently in the musical result. This dissertation theorises expressive divergence by examining the embodiment of single voices through the hierarchical structuring of coarticulation, and by showing how these multi-layered gestures combine in the polyphony of expression.
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