New Music By Karlheinz Essl

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded in 2018 and 2020 at four different churches: 1) evangelical morning service London-Brompton, UK), 2) catholic mass (Funchal Cathedral, Madeira), 3) church concert (Vienna-Lainz, Austria), 4) church cleaning (Tulcea, Romania). Contains organ music from Johannes Ockeghem and from the Buxheim Organ Book. Part of the work-in-progress H.E.A.D. (Hearing Entirely Artificial Dreams) http://www.essl.at/works/HEAD.html

Karlheinz Essl und Eva Linder über ihre Zusammenarbeit für das Hörstück ZUNGENREDEN, das 1990 für das ORF Kunstradio im Studio RP4 produziert wurde. Moderation und Gestaltung: Reinhard Handl Redaktion: Heidi Grundmann

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded between 2019 and 2020 in four different parks around the world: 1) Brompton Park (London, UK), 2) Pötzleinsdorfer Schlosspark (Vienna, Austria), 3) Ryoan-ji Temple Garden (Kyoto, Japan), 4) ressort park (Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India). - Binaural recording: listen with headphones!

Binaural recording: listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded in 2018 and 2019 at four different bathing locations: 1) Wörthersee (Pörtschach, Carinthia), 2) doggie pool inside the Prater (Vienna, Austria), 3) public beach in Sirmione (Lake Garda, Itay), 4) swimming lake with children (Suchdol nad Lužnicí, Czech Republic).

"vingt secondes" is Karlheinz Essl's shortest composition. It lasts only 20 seconds - the guideline for washing one's hands during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was written during the lockdown in the Easter holidays of 2020. Originally written for melodica, this version was performed on the organ of the Hofburgkapelle Vienna by Wolfgang Kogert. Compositionally, the piece expresses a harmonic spread from a single note to three octaves at the end. More information and free score download: http://www.essl.at/works/vingt-secondes.html

"vingt secondes" is Karlheinz Essl's shortest composition. It lasts only 20 seconds - the guideline for washing one's hands during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was written during the lockdown in the Easter holidays of 2020. Originally written for melodica, this version was performed on an accordion by Dorrit Bauerecker who also made this recording. Compositionally, the piece expresses a harmonic spread from a single note to three octaves at the end. More information and free score download: http://www.essl.at/works/vingt-secondes.html

Binaural recording: listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded in spring 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vienna and its surrounding: 1) a railway crossing gate in Klosterneuburg, 2) Kongresspark in Vienna on Saturday noon, 3) animal cemetery in Vienna, 4) pedestrian bridge in the swamps of Stockerau.

Karlheinz Essl's contribution to the Beethoven Year 2020: an immersive composition for mixed choir with 16 voices based on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his 9th symphony. Realized with the a-capella-chor tulln (dir. Gottfried Zawichowski). Composed in April 2020 during the quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information and score available for download from http://www.essl.at/works/freude-funken.html

Meditation for piano solo, dedicated to Karlheinz Roschitz, performed by Kaori Nishii. Recorded live during an online concert on April 29th, 2020 at Alte Schmiede, Vienna. Score download: http://www.essl.at/works/roschitz.html

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded on Nov 18th, 2019 at the Nijo Palace in Kyoto, Japan. 1) the so-called Nightingale Corridor 2) tea garden 3) cherry grove 4) construction at the Honmaru Garden Part of the work-in-progress H.E.A.D. http://www.essl.at/works/HEAD.html

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded between Nov 17-24, 2019 in Kyoto, Japan. 1) playground near the Nijo Palace 2) street scene with cars, bikes and joggers 3) ritual music at the Higashimaru Shrine 4) rehearsal of J.B. Staudt's Mulier fortis at the Museum of Kyoto. Part of the work-in-progress H.E.A.D. http://www.essl.at/works/HEAD.html

Christmas greetings to all my loves! Dronification of a well-known Christmas carol by Karlheinz Essl, produced on Dec 18th, 2019 at Studio kHz.

Extreme time stretch of the well-known Christmas carol "Silent Night", playing forwards and backwards in exactly 24'12". Created on 21 Dec 2019 with Karlheinz Essl's granular sound file shredder REplay PLAYer. http://www.essl.at/works/replay.html

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded between Nov 23-24, 2019 in Seoul, Rep. of Korea: 1) Buddhist chanting at the Jogyesa temple, 2) anti-government demonstration in front of the Gyeongbokgung Palace, 3) moments of silence at the old city wall, 4) at the backside of Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza. Info: http://www.essl.at

Live recording of the premiere, performed by students of the Kyoto City University of the Arts (conductor: Ingomar Rainer) on 21 Nov 2019 at the Kyoto Museum. This piece is a composed comment to the baroque opera "Mulier fortis" by J. B. Staudt, premiered 1698 in Vienna, Austria. Info: http://www.essl.at/works/constantia.html

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded in February 2019 at the following locations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, South India: 1) Thanjavur: hotel window 2) Varkala: fishermen at the beach 3) Alleppey: house boat 4) Ooty: garden of Hotel Savoy Part of the work-in-progress H.E.A.D. (Hearing Entirely Artificial Dreams) http://www.essl.at/works/HEAD.html

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded on Nov 7th, 2019 in Vienna at Kunsthistorisches Museum (exhibition "Caravaggio & Bernini") and the Italian Cultural Institute (finissage Andreas Lunghi "TACET" with Karlheinz Essl's sound installation "Checkin' my Shrutis"). 1) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Saal IV (Caravaggio) 2) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer 3) Italian Cultural Institute: sound walk 4) Italian Cultural Institute: exhibition space

Studio recording of a dance performance with live-electronics, performed by Andrea Nagl (ocean drum, shrutibox, Klangfeile, voice, bells & dance)and Karlheinz Essl (live-electronics, composition). More info: http://www.essl.at/works/forms-of-life.html

A short excerpt of the dance performance "Forms of Life" feat. Andrea Nagl (voice) and Karlheinz Essl (live-electronics). Recorded live at Studio kHz on Oct 31st, 2019.

Recorded live at INTONAZIONE festival on 20 Sep 2019 at Eremo Santa Caterina in Rio nell'Elba, performed by Rafał Zalech (viola & live-electronics)during a dance performance of Andrea Nagl. Mixed and produced by Karlheinz Essl. Sequitur is a series of compositions for various solo instruments and live-electronics which I started in 2008. Somehow it can be seen as a reference to Berio’s famous “Sequenze” cycle of solo pieces which focus on specific playing techniques of the respective instrument. All Sequitur compositions use a software written in MaxMSP which creates an electronic accompaniment from the instrument’s live input; the player is confronted with his own playing, and this creates a situation like moving in a house of mirrors where the identities become blurred. Each piece can be performed by the player alone who just has to press a key on the computer keyboard whenever this is indicated in the score. The software generates a complex canon on the fly, the temporal structure and density of which be