flagellatio ii (torso)
Instrumentation — version (a) for a female pianist, amplified piano + live video
or version (b) for amplified piano in a dark hall
Year — 2015/18
Duration — ca. 15'
Material — score + recording
Program notes — "[...] it was less a composition than a 15-minute torture session, in which the keys were pounded with such relentless ferocity that the piano came to resemble a machine unleashing impossible waves of reverberant fury. A mind-blowing experience, one went away from it feeling drained and spent." Beyond mere novelty, Simon Cummings (published in dissonance 141, March 2018, p. 39-40)
First performance — saskia lankhoorn - @gaudeamus muziekweek | utrecht (NL) - 07/09/2018