Piacussion
Pictures
At the beginning of all music there was rhythm, and it is still inconceivable without it today. With their project Piacussion, the pianist Ragna Schirmer and the drummer Matthias Daneck highlight the rhythmic structures of great compositions in a completely new way. No classical concert repertoire composer handled rhythm as innovatively and creatively as Ludwig van Beethoven. Syncopation, beat changes, dotted rhythms and chord sequences anticipate the rhythmic elements that would only become typical for jazz and swing in the 20th century. The two musicians illustrate these effects extremely effectively with the aid of the Fantasia in G minor, Op 77. Their investigation of Beethoven is accompanied by improvised drum fantasies about the titan's rhythms.
Ravel's composition Miroirs reflects the composer's love of mathematics. His play with numbers and structures results in rhythmic accents that add yet another dimension to the French composer's in any case already very vivid music through the use of percussive elements.
Modest Mussorgski's Pictures at an Exhibition has already been transposed to other music styles several times; Emerson, Lake and Palmer's interpretation is legendary. The cycle literally screams for rhythmic extension. With enthusiasm for their music, wit and charm, Ragna Schirmer and Matthias Daneck bring a new version of the famous picture exhibition to the Neuhardenberg Schinkel Church.
