Nebenstimmen #37: Hannah Kendall & Paul Cannon (EN)

Nebenstimmen Ensemble Modern Podcast
Nebenstimmen" brings you in conversations on music, art and life between Ensemble members and conversation partners chosen by them. Find out what the musicians are working on at the moment, and what their personal thoughts are. In this episode, double bassist and Ensemble Modern member Paul Cannon speaks with composer Hannah Kendall. The collaboration between her and the ensemble began in 2020 with the project „Afromodernism in contemporary music“. In 2022 Ensemble Modern premiered Kendall’s work „shouting forever into the receiver“ at the Donaueschinger Musiktage. The ensemble also performed „Even sweetness can scratch the throat“ (2023) in May 2026 at the Happy New Ears concert. Both works explore colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade and practices of remembrance. Together, they talk about these two pieces, why auxiliary instruments such as dreadlock cuffs and music boxes can shape the direction of a work, and why listening without expectation matters so deeply.

Hannah Kendall, composer
Paul Cannon, double bass

Music exerpts: Hannah Kendall: Shouting Forever into the Receiver (2022)
nmcrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hannah-kendal…

Musik Jingle: Conlon Nancarrow: Study No. 5, arrangiert von Dietmar Wiesner
Sprecherin Jingle: Eva Böcker

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