Daydream Mechanics

Michael Oesterle

Daydream Mechanics has been performed in Amsterdam, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Burnaby, Cologne, Côte-Saint-Luc, Dublin, Edenkoben, Essen, Frankfurt, Harrington, Huddersfield, Jonquière, LaSalle, Montevideo, Montréal, Munich, New York City, Oslo, Ostrava, Ottawa, Outremont, Repentigny, San Michele, Schreyahn, Serravalle, Tigre, Vancouver, Victoria and Whitehorse…

The phrase “Daydream Mechanics” is taken from the title of a book by French-Canadian poet and novelist, Nicole Brossard. This quartet recalls the awkward adventures of childhood when the backyard seemed as full of fearsome possibilities as any unexplored geography. The simple mechanics of controlling ones own maneuvers make a challenge of a cultivated wilderness.

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Daydream Mechanics was titled Daydream Mechanics V through 2020.

Premiere

  • April 29, 2001, Concert, Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin (Germany)

Daydream Mechanics

  • Composer(s): Michael Oesterle
  • Year of composition: 2001
  • Duration: 12:00
  • Instrumentation: string quartet
  • Commission: Quatuor Bozzini
Video
  • Interview: Michael Oesterle: Daydream Mechanics; Michael Oesterle: String Quartet No. 3 “Alan Turing”; Michael Oesterle: String Quartet No. 4; Michael Oesterle: Three Pieces for String Quartet; Bozzini Quartet; Michael Oesterle; In English, French; March 2022
On disc
Concerts
29 Apri 2001
FreyLesageOesterleRea
In person
Berlin (Germany)
11 May 2001
Série QB
FeldmanIvesLesageOesterleWolff
In person
Montréal (Québec)
11 Augu 2001
5:00 pm
BrazeltonLesageOesterleYeeZorn
In person
Montréal (Québec)
15 Sept 2001
5:00 pm
Série QB
BlaisGoldsteinGoloveIvesLaporteLesageOesterleReinhardSharp
In person
Montréal (Québec)
21 Sept 2001
GoldsteinLesageOesterleYee
In person
New York City (New York, USA)
24 Febr 2002
Série QB
BeethovenOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
12 Marc 2002
Série QB
BarryDeaneGodinOesterle
In person
Montréal (Québec)
1 July 2002
BeethovenIvesOesterle
In person
Repentigny (Québec)
26 Sept 2002
GodinGoldsteinOesterleVivier
In person
Berlin (Germany)
27 Sept 2002
GodinGoldsteinOesterleVivier
In person
Schreyahn (Germany)
28 Sept 2002
OesterleShimStaeblerVivier
In person
Essen (Niedersachsen, Germany)
2 Octo 2002
Série QB
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
6 Nove 2002
Série QB
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
8 Nove 2002
Série QB
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
25 Nove 2002
BarryOesterleWolff
In person
Huddersfield (England, UK)
28 Nove 2002
BarryDeaneOesterleVivierWalshe
In person
Dublin (Ireland)
10 Dece 2002
Série QB
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
23 Marc 2003
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
LaSalle (Québec)
24 Marc 2003
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BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
25 Marc 2003
Série QB
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
3 Apri 2003
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Côte-Saint-Luc (Québec)
6 Apri 2003
Série QB
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
4 May 2003
Série QB
BeethovenHaydnOesterleWebern
In person
Montréal (Québec)
27 July 2003
ElgarOesterleVivier
In person
Harrington (Québec)
16 Janu 2004
BoulianeMackeyOesterle
In person
Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
12 Sept 2004
BeethovenOesterleRea
In person
Outremont (Québec)
15 Marc 2005
8:30 pm
GoldsteinOesterleVivier
In person
Montréal (Québec)
21 May 2005
BarryGoldsteinOesterleReich
In person
Jonquière (Québec)
6 June 2005
GodinHaiderOesterleSokolovićWeidner
In person
Munich (Bayern, Germany)
26 Augu 2005
GloverLawrenceLucierOesterleTenneyWebern
In person
Ostrava (Czech Republic)
31 Augu 2005
OesterleSchroederStaudeStiegler
In person
Frankfurt (Hessen, Germany)
13 Marc 2006
7:00 pm
GoldsteinOesterleVivierWilliams
In person
Cologne (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)
19 Marc 2006
5:00 pm
GoldsteinOesterleTenneyVivier
In person
Edenkoben (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)
26 Sept 2007
8:30 pm
CrumbGoldsteinOesterleVivier
In person
San Michele (Italy)
28 Sept 2007
7:00 pm
GoldsteinOesterleVivier
In person
Berlin (Germany)
12 Octo 2007
10:00 pm
NewmanOesterleTenney
In person
Oslo (Norway)
6 Nove 2007
8:00 pm
GoldsteinOesterleUnderhillVivier
In person
Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
8 Nove 2007
12:30 pm
OesterleTenneyUnderhill
In person
Burnaby (British Columbia, Canada)
9 Nove 2007
GoldsteinOesterleTenneyVivier
In person
Victoria (British Columbia, Canada)
19 Nove 2008
8:30 pm
ArnoldAyresKulentyOesterleVoorvelt
In person
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
20 Marc 2010
7:30 pm
FalaiseOesterle
In person
Montréal (Québec)
9 Febr 2011
8:00 pm
Série QB
FalaiseJankeOesterle
In person
Montréal (Québec)
8 Marc 2011
8:00 pm
FalaiseJankeOesterle
In person
Whitehorse (Yukon, Canada)
2 Sept 2011
7:00 pm
BeethovenOesterleVivierXenakis
In person
Tigre (Argentina)
6 Sept 2011
8:30 pm
CrumbOesterleVivierXenakis
In person
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
12 Sept 2011
MillerOesterleVivierXenakis
In person
Montevideo (Uruguay)
14 Sept 2012
8:15 pm
BeethovenBeulBrucknerCoulaisDoyleMozartOesterleSchubert
In person
Serravalle (Switzerland)
17 Apri 2013
8:00 pm
Série QB
BauckBolstadCraneFutrellOesterleOlsenSørlie
In person
Montréal (Québec)
19 Augu 2019
8:00 pm
OesterleSokolović
In person
New York City (New York, USA)
12 Nove 2020
3:00 pm
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
No audience
Montréal (Québec)
12 Nove 2020
3:00 pm
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
Online event Live
Montréal (Québec)
12 Nove 2020
8:00 pm
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
No audience
Montréal (Québec)
12 Nove 2020
8:00 pm
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
Online event Live
Montréal (Québec)
18 Dece 2020
30 June 2021
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
Online event
1 July 2021
30 June 2022
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
Online event