Sonata per sei
for two pianos, three percussion and e-piano
Description
First performance: 19 July, 2006 – Szombathely, Hungary
Bartók Festival
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Béla Bartók’s birth, I have composed a piano concerto in which I have developed a few of Bartók’s ideas and ways of thinking, in particular his fondness for parallel runs in octaves, sixths or other intervals found in his piano concerti.
My piano concerto CAP-KO for acoustic and digital piano incorporates a piano technology of the future by which a computer automatically creates and adds
intervals in parallel with the notes played by the soloist.
Based on this initial piano concerto, I have developed two further versions of the piece.
SONATA PER SEI is written for a chamber music formation of two pianos, a sampler-keyboard and three percussionists. Bartók’s “Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion” or “Sur Incises” by Boulez are ideal programme couplings for this piece.
The third version, CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS, is composed in traditional concerto form for two acoustic concert pianos and orchestra.
/Peter Eötvös – 2007/
Performances
Eötvös: Secret kiss, Sonata per sei
Musikfabrik, Cologne, cond. Peter Eötvös
Venue: Müpa Budapest, Hungary
Eötvös: Secret kiss, Sonata per sei
Musikfabrik, Cologne
cond. Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: Secret kiss, Sonata per sei
Musikfabrik, Cologne
cond.: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: Shadows, Sonata per sei, Chinese Opera
Klangforum Wien ensemble
cond.: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: Shadows, Sonata per sei, Chinese Opera
Klangforum Wien ensemble
cond.: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Tonhalle, Zürich
Andreas Berger, Christian Hartmann, Klaus Schwerzler - percussion
Andrienne Soós, Ivo Haag - piano
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Helena Bugallo
Eötvös: Shadows, Sonata per sei, Chinese Opera
Klangforum Ensemble
Eötvös: Steine, Duo from "Le Balcon", Octet plus, Sonata per sei
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: Steine, Sonata per sei
Plural Ensemble
cond.: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
TaCoS, cond. Kevin John Edusei
Auditorium of COSCYL-Salamanca
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Linea Ensemble,
cond.: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Linea Ensemble,
cond.: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Linea Ensemble,
cond.: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Linea Ensemble,
cond.: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Eötvös: Harakiri,Two poems to Polly, Natasha, Sonata per sei
Rheingau Festival
Ensemble Modern
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Ultraschall Festival, Radialsystem V. (kulturradio.de)
GrauSchumacher, piano duo
Jan Schlichte, Schlagzeug
Franz Schindlbeck, Schlagzeug
Alexej Bröse, Schlagzeug
Heike Gneiting, Keyboard
Eötvös portrait concert
BBC London
Paris-Dakar
Octet Plus
Derwischtanz
Sonata per sei
Psalm 151
Guildhall Ensemble, cond. Richard Baker
zeroPoints
Psychokosmos (Miklos Lukács, cimbalom)
Levitation (Richard Hosford, John Bradbury clarinets)
IMA (BBCSC + BBC Singers)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Peter Eötvös
Films:
"The Seventh Door" - portrait film
"Three sisters" - opera film
Barbican Center
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Aspen Music Festival
Haas, Sloan, A.Perry, Stubbs
Harris Concert Hall
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Budapest Spring Festival - Bartók Radio
UMZE Chamber Ensemble
Cond: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: Psy, Snatches of a conversation, Korrespondenz, Encore, Sonata per sei
Green Umbrella Festival
Conductor: Gregory Vajda
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
WDR Cologne
Schlagquartet Köln
Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher piano duo,
Paolo Alvares
Eötvös: Octet plus, Kosmos, Natasha, Sonata per sei
Plural Ensemble, Madrid
Cond: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Eötvös: Octet plus, Kosmos, Natasha, Sonata per sei
Plural Ensemble, Madrid
Cond: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Eötvös: Cadenza, Snatches of a conversation, Natasha, Octet plus, Sonata per sei
Linea Ensemble
Cond: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Budapest Autumn Festival
Eötvös: Cadenza, Octet Plus, Natasha, Sonata per sei
Ensemble Linea
Cond: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
Conductor: Bart Bouckaert
Eötvös: Octet, Sonata per sei
First performance
Ensemble Modern
Eötvös: Sonata per sei (U.S. premiere)
Ojai Festival
Cond: Peter Eötvös
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, piano
Jan Williams, percussion
Eötvös: Sonata per sei (U.S. premiere)
Ojai Festival
Cond: Peter Eötvös
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, piano
Jan Williams, percussion
Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Bartók Festival
Details
Publisher information
Edition Schott Music Mainz
https://en.schott-music.com/shop/sonata-per-sei-no227261.html
Orchestration
2 pianos, 3 percussion, 1 e-piano
Technical information
Technical information about the third piano: keyboard played with sampler OR computer
– AKAI S5000 or S6000
– CD-ROM Drive [SCSI] connected to AKAI
– Masterkeyboard with 88 keys, volume slider, program change buttons
– sustain pedal
– volume pedal
– 1x MIDI cable [Masterkeyboard to AKAI]
– 2x audio cable [6.3mm Jack to 6.3mm Jack]
– 2x Direct Inject Box [DiBox]
– 2x audio cable [XLR to XLR, from DiBox to audio mixer]
OR
– Apple Macintosh PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz (or newer) with 1GB RAM (or more)
– Software sampler – Native Instruments Kontakt 2.0 (or newer)
– Audio/MIDI interface – minimum 2 audio outputs [6.3mm mono outputs] and 1 MIDI input
– Masterkeyboard with 88 keys and volume slider, program change buttons
– sustain pedal
– volume pedal
– 1x MIDI cable [Masterkeyboard to MIDI interface]
– 2x audio cable [6.3mm Jack to 6.3mm Jack]
– 2x Direct Inject Box [DiBox]
– 2x audio cable [XLR to XLR, from DiBox to audio mixer]
3rd piano amplification:
– 2 active loudspeakers (minimum 150W)
– placed beside the player (about 1,5 meters to the left and 1,5 meters to the right), on floor
– dynamic balance (with 2 pianos) via the mixer (minimum 2 line input, 2 XLR output)
– 2x 6,3 “Jack” audio cables from Audio interface to mixer
– 2x XLR audio cables from mixer to the active loudspeakers
Percussion instrument photos:
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The sound material is available for download
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For more information and password please contact Peter Eötvös Composition Studio:
studio@eotvospeter.com
Further information
Für das 125. Geburtsjahr von Béla Bartók habe ich ein Klavierkonzert komponiert, in dem ich einige Ideen und Denkmethoden Bartóks weitergeführt habe, vor allem seine “Vorliebe” für parallele Läufe in Oktaven, Sexten oder anderen Intervallen in den Klavierkonzerten.
Ausgehend von meinem Klavierkonzert habe ich noch zwei weitere Versionen ausgearbeitet. Die erste Version CAP-KO, für akustisches und digitales Klavier, betrachte ich als eine zukunftsorientierte Klaviertechnik, bei der mit Hilfe einer Computertransposition Intervalle parallel zu den gespielten Tönen automatisch hinzugefügt werden.
Die SONATA PER SEI ist für folgende kammermusikalische Besetzung geschrieben: zwei Klaviere, ein Sampler-Keyboard und drei Schlagzeuger.
Die SONATA PER SEI lässt sich gut mit z.B. Bartóks “Sonate für 2 Klaviere und Schlagzeug” oder Boulez’ “Sur Incises” zu einem Programm zusammenstellen.
Die dritte Version, KONZERT FÜR 2 KLAVIERE, ist für zwei akustische Flügel und Orchester in der traditionellen Konzertform komponiert.
/Peter Eötvös – 2007/
Sound
Recordings
Video
Ensemble Linea
Jean-Philippe Wurtz, conductor
Reto Staub, piano
Maxime Springer, piano
Elmar Schrammel, keyboard
Oliver Maurel, percussion
Ewelyna Kulakowska, percussion
Guillaume Guéguan, percussion
Caen, 21 March 2009
Israel Contemporary Players
Zsolt Nagy, conductor
, piano
, piano
Na’Aman Wagner, keyboard
Tom Bezalel, percussion
Lev Loftus, percussion
Oron Schwartz, percussion