"Reluctant Games" by Wolfgang Mitterer is a composition for adapted piano and live-electronics.

"Reluctant Games a, b, c" - solo for halfprepared piano and live-electronics: a... (intro), b... ('radio'), c ... ('abgesang') was written in late 1991 and recorded directly onto digital audio tape without the use of multi- track techniques. The piano is placed on the left side, the electronics keyboard in the center and the acoustic sound sources on the right.

One hand drum each lies on the bass and the treble strings of the grand piano, the microphones for the piano being directed towards them. DX 7 II, Roland S 550, mixer, effects, microphones, pick-ups, various noise sources, wind pipes, zither, metal sheets, drums ...

I can connect up to eight different sounds and the 64 sampler sounds to the synthesizer's keyboards. In concerts, I use a headphone monitoring that allows for high quality amplification of the prepared piano.

Part b ("radio") is merely an electronic piece, where neither the piano nor acoustical instruments are used. I have not used a special notation for these compositions.

Technical Background
11 min
HW / SW: DX 711, Roland S550, Music Direct Todat