Ex Nihilo

Ex Nihilo brings together a diverse palette of music into one continuous flow. Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata forms the spine of the program, interwoven with 20th-century works that resonate with it and new interludes by Brecht Valckenaers. Together, they trace a lineage of invention — exploring how composers reimagine their musical language and the piano itself ex nihilo, “from nothing.”

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Musica Ricercata
I. Sostenuto - Misurato - Prestissimo
 
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Musica Ricercata
II. Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale
 
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Rhythm Studies
I. Distorting Time
 
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Musica Ricercata
III. Allegro con spirito
 
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Ein Kinderspiel
I. Hänschen klein
 
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Ein Kinderspiel
VI. Glockenturm
 
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Musica Ricercata
IV. Tempo di valse (poco vivace - “à l’orgue de Barbarie”)
 
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Rhythm Studies
II. A Bit Drunk
 
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Musica Ricercata
V. Rubato. Lamentoso
 
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Irish Legends
III. The Voice of Lir
 
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Musica Ricercata
VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
 
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Rhythm Studies
III. Distorting Mirror
 
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Musica Ricercata
VII. Cantabile, molto legato
 
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Out of Doors
IV. The Night's Music
 
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Musica Ricercata
VIII. Vivace. Energico
 
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Rhythm Studies
IV. Mixed Feelings
 
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Játékok, Book V
Bell-fanfare for Sándor Veress
 
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Musica Ricercata
IX. Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam)
 
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Makrokosmos, Book II
III. Rain-Death Variations (Pisces)
 
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Makrokosmos, Book II
IV. Twin Suns (Gemini)
 
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Musica Ricercata
X. Vivace. Capriccioso
 
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Rhythm Studies
V. Chaconne des Cloches
 
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Musica Ricercata
XI. Andante misurato e tranquillo (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi)
 
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