Herbert Henck - Walter Zimmermann: Beginner's Mind - MOD-CD-346

Herbert Henck - Walter Zimmermann: Beginner's Mind - MOD-LP-346

Walter Zimmermann: Beginner's Mind

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Release Date: 01 November 2024

Label: Mode - Cd / Mode Records

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 764593034629

Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental

Composer/Series: Walter Zimmermann

Release Date: 04 October 2024

Label: Mode - Cd / Mode Records

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 764593034612

Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental

Composer/Series: Walter Zimmermann

Description
This release celebrates the long collaboration between the great German pianist Herbert Henck and composer Walter Zimmermann.Zimmermann says "Beginner's Mind is the result of my study of the contemporary European New Music scene. It is influ-enced on the one hand by Erik Satie, who wrote in the most simple way in the midst of a highly complex musical landscape, and on the other hand by John Cage, especially by the music of his "naive period" around 1950. ... The piece represents the process from the "complex" to the "simple." ... The techniques of this process are derived from Shunryu Suzuki's book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (1970) and are divided into three main chapters, analogous to the book: 1) Leave the old, 2) Clean the mind, 3) Alter the consciousness. The piece ends with the Beginner's Mind Song, which articulates the new conscious-ness," and is sung by the pianist.

Description
This release celebrates the long collaboration between the great German pianist Herbert Henck and composer Walter Zimmermann.Zimmermann says "Beginner's Mind is the result of my study of the contemporary European New Music scene. It is influ-enced on the one hand by Erik Satie, who wrote in the most simple way in the midst of a highly complex musical landscape, and on the other hand by John Cage, especially by the music of his "naive period" around 1950. ... The piece represents the process from the "complex" to the "simple." ... The techniques of this process are derived from Shunryu Suzuki's book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (1970) and are divided into three main chapters, analogous to the book: 1) Leave the old, 2) Clean the mind, 3) Alter the consciousness. The piece ends with the Beginner's Mind Song, which articulates the new conscious-ness," and is sung by the pianist.