Room 1  Miniatures

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Take One

Info:  The spoken German phrase 'langerhutmitkordelanstelledesbandes' ('a long hat with a cord instead of a ribbon') has been taken into a permanent tape loop to be filtered out in 5 different ways. 1. Speaking... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (4'09") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Take Two

2. Singing... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (2'55") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Take Three

3. Playing... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (3'06") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Take Four

4. Painting... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (2'33") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Take Five

5. Now you can count on it (take "5" with Brubeck). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (2'19") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Credits:  Markus Bongartz, Voice

Shepard

1. Stepping upwards... Play:  HiFi  LoFi  Visual   (1'00") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Harmony

2. Loosing wings while flying... Play:  HiFi  LoFi  Visual   (1'07") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "Corona"

Strings

3. Virtual exercises... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'43") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Figures

4. Reflections... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'07") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Reptile

5. Ever-changing harmonies... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (0'58") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "Corona"

Crackle

6. Dance fractures... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'02") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "Corona"

Shadows

7. A prism... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'09") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Silence

8. ...sometimes it needs just a few notes. Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'06") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Pattern

9. Rhythmical figures get repeatedly stuck... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'46") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Vectors

10. Another ride on the piano... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (0'53") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Flowing

11. Lost... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (2'05") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Twaddle

12. Talking too much... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'29") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Fractal

13. ...another one (actually a fake) Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'11") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Envelop

14. A real story... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'40") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Mending

15. No way to fix this... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'35") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Nightly

16. Another piece of just a few notes (see “Silence”)... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'49") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

Changes

17. Waving... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'19") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "Corona"

Passage

18. Starting with the simple one... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'53") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "Corona"

Circles

19. Busy with rotation, strikes, punching holes... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'24") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "Corona"

Phrases

20. Forcing chaos to talk... Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'45") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"

ExSamples Mechanique

The full cycle in one track (authentic version). Info:  A part of the “Piano Games” has been colored with sounds of old mechanical music machines from Prague. µ µ µ Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (12'27") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

ExSample 1

1. ExSampled from “Shadows” (compare to the corresponding piece, PIANO GAMES 7). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'09") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

Interludium I

2. ExSampled from “Reptile” (compare to the corresponding pieces, Interludium II and PIANO GAMES 5). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'07") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

ExSample 2

3. ExSampled from “Circles” (compare to the below piece, PIANO GAMES 19). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'15") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

ExSample 3

4. ExSampled from “Crackle” (compare to the corresponding piece, PIANO GAMES 6). Play:  HiFi  LoFi  Visual   (1'03") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

Interludium II

5. Again exSampled from “Reptile” (compare to the corresponding pieces, Interludium I and PIANO GAMES 5). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (0'59") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

ExSample 4

6. ExSampled from “Strings” (compare to the corresponding piece, PIANO GAMES 3). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'48") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

ExSample 5

7. ExSampled from “Changes” (compare to the corresponding piece, PIANO GAMES 17). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'21") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

ExSample 6

8. ExSampled from “Passage” (compare to the corresponding piece, PIANO GAMES 18). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (1'36") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

Epilog

9. ExSampled from “Nightly” (compare to the corresponding piece, PIANO GAMES 16). Play:  HiFi  LoFi   (2'07") CDs:  "Musical Gallery 1"   "ex machina 6"

Credits:  National Museum Prague

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