The focus of the pieces by Alvin Lucier on this CD is on the phenomena of resonance – sympathetic vibration – in many variations.
“Time and again I find myself having to pare away any musical gestures in a work in order to uncover the true idea in a piece,” says Alvin Lucier.
The composer knows which ideas he wants to liberate. But the process of causing the environment to resound is always a collaborative, interactive project. It needs someone who is creatively engaged, even obsessed, to make Lucier’s music of ideas a music of the ears. Someone of precisely the type found in this production – Matthias Kaul.

For more information on Matthias Kaul please visit his website: www.matthiaskaul.de

Distant Drums for amplified percussion
Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra for amplified triangle
The Sacred Fox for voice with gourds, bowls, boxes and other resonant vessels
Opera with Objects for performer(s) with resonant objects
Nothing is Real (Strawberry Fields Forever) for piano, amplified teapot, tape recorder and miniature sound system