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Hände/Hesketh: Das Leben und die Liebe eines Zärtlichen Geschlechts
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07 April 2016 at
Hände/Hesketh: Das Leben und die Liebe eines Zärtlichen Geschlechts
Woodend Barn Banchory AB31 5QA Scotland +44 (0)1330 825431 http://www.woodendbarn.co.ukClare Hammond, piano Clare will perform two new works in the 2015-16 concert season for piano and film, Hände, by Ken Hesketh, and The Nose, by Ed Hughes. These were premiered at the 2015 Cornerstone Arts Festival of Liverpool Hope University in November. Clare will perform them again at Kings Place in London on the 9 April, at Cardiff University on the 12 April, and at the Cheltenham Festival on the 10 July 2016, with a further performance for the Sound Festival Aberdeen at Woodend Barn in the autumn.
Ken has chosen Hände: Das Leben und die Liebe eines Zärtlichen Geschlechts, a visually arresting and surreal masterpiece by Stella F. Simon and Miklos Blandy, as the backdrop for his work. The music reflects Ken's interest in the bizarre and eerie on celluloid and was written specifically with Clare's pianism in mind.
The plot uses humans’ hands as “characters in a dance-inspired narrative exploring female experience and representation” (Jennifer Wild). As hands are used to communicate meaning and context, their shapes, groupings and physicality can be interpreted as a form of gestural hand or sign language. It is this interpretation that informs the musical score and role of the pianist in this work.Kenneth Hesketh : Das Leben und die Liebe eines Zärtlichen Geschlechts
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