Webern from the Inside and Outside
Open House 2018
Sound Installation by Paul Brody
To Paul Brody, Webern’s compositions contain a direct
emotionality in their brevity and in their use of sound
colors and textures. In the fi rst part of his sound
installation, he mixed recorded passages of the letters of
Anton Webern with fragments of the composer’s music
processed in a sampler. For the second part, which
focuses on the concept of borders and space in relation to
Webern’s music, Brody gave the quintessential twelvetone
row from Webern’s Concerto for Nine Instruments
to musicians around the world to re-interpret. The
submissions included everything from guitars and cellos
to a tractor, a telephone, and a truck horn.
WEBERN CLOSE UP: OPEN HOUSE 2018
The Barenboim-Said Akademie and the Pierre Boulez Saal open their doors for the second time to a day full of music and many other activities. The music program 2018 is dedicated to Anton Webern.