Past event — This event ended 16 days ago.
Pianissimo
About the event
Peter Prommel (percussion, vibraphone) and Thomas Myrmel (composition, technical aspects) create a concert centered on silence, stillness, meditation, and slowly changing sound. Not music that constantly tries to move somewhere, but a musical space in which small changes are given time to be heard. The softness of metal
At the heart is a mix of Terry Riley's In C and the Indian Raga Bhairav. Two musical worlds (West and East) that, in their own way, invite a different manner of listening: attentively, patiently, and almost ritually.
The music moves in waves. Motifs return, sounds shift slowly, rhythms change barely or very gradually. There is little musical information, but precisely because of this, space is created to notice the smallest differences: a different resonance, a shift in color, a new relationship between silence and sound.
Minimal music
It is minimal music in the most literal sense: a minimum of rapid changes, fast rhythms, and new musical ideas. At the same time, there remains a great deal of freedom in interpretation. Those small liberties can suddenly grab your attention — precisely because you have been given time to truly listen.
Beforehand, Peter Prommel gives a brief introduction to mindful listening: how attention works, why we are so easily distracted, and how we can practice simply noticing what is being said — without immediately judging whether something is “happening”.
