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Helmut Lachenmann, Echo Andante
Performed live by Andrew Infanti
Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935) premiered Echo Andante, his second piano work, at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (Darmstadt, Germany).
The work abounds in ingenious effects for creating an “aura” — keys pressed down silently, recaptured after attacks, sounds filtered through pedal changes…
Echo Andante is played with this in mind by Andrew Infanti (live performance).