Performer: Ensemble Musikfabrik| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 28-Aug-13 08:00pm |
 Usher Hall, EdinburghEnsemble musikFabrik Edinburgh International Festival |
|
 | ||
| Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2EA, United Kingdom Wednesday 28-Aug-13 08:00pm Ensemble musikFabrik A concert of blazing energy, infectious rhythms and big sounds as Cologne-based contemporary music group Ensemble musikFabrik celebrates the sometimes outrageous music of US maverick Frank Zappa. Led from the drumkit by superstar percussionist Dirk Rothbrust, the ensemble explores connections between Zappa’s wild creations, from the vibrant funk of Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? to the atmospheric t’Mershi Duween, and the classical music that he so admired. Ensemble musikFabrik also performs the remarkable Ionisation for 13 percussionists by Zappa’s lifelong hero Edgard Varèse, a celebration of the sounds of modern city life. John Cage’s classic Credo in Us, written in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, supplements the percussion ensemble with turntable and radioreceiver. Image credit: Klaus Rudolph | ||
| Sunday 22-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Kunstmuseum Bonn Changing Timbres Beethovenfest Bonn |
Saunders, Chroma (Spatial collage for several chamber groups (2003-2013), Installation adapted for the Kunstmuseum Bonn) |
 | ||
| Kunstmuseum Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 53113 Bonn, Germany Sunday 22-Sep-13 07:00pm Changing Timbres Rebecca Saunders’s work “Chroma” is a “sound project on tour”. For every venue where it’s performed, the composer develops a new version of this spatial collage. Thanks to its unique transparent architecture, the Kunstmuseum Bonn provides ideal conditions for experiencing new lines of sight and sound. Various instrumental groups and sound objects are distributed around the exhibition rooms, interacting with one another. The audience are invited to move around, following the timbres. The work will be played twice in succession, providing an opportunity for hearing it from entirely different perspectives.
Additional Information: 6.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Promende concert in the exhibition rooms of the Kunstmuseum Image credit: © Klaus Rudolph Saunders, Rebecca (b. 1967), Chroma (Spatial collage for several chamber groups (2003-2013), Installation adapted for the Kunstmuseum Bonn) | ||
| Thursday 20-Feb-14 08:15pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam musikFabrik |
|
 | ||
| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Thursday 20-Feb-14 08:15pm musikFabrik Het gerenommeerde Duitse ensemble musikFabrik heeft een naam hoog te houden als het gaat
om het werk van Frank Zappa. Het gezelschap speelt al jaren sprankelende bewerkingen van
popklassiekers van de grote gitarist en componist. Nu legt het gezelschap verbanden tussen Zappa
en twee componisten die hem tot op grote hoogte beïnvloed hebben: Edgard Varèse en John Cage.
Wat Zappa vooral aansprak in het werk van deze zielsverwante componisten was hun hang naar experiment
en hun liefde voor het pure geluid. Bij Varèse uitte zich dat in een grote belangstelling voor percussie. Bij
Cage speelden niet alleen percussie, maar ook omgevingsgeluiden een belangrijke rol. In 1933 legde Zappa
voor de cd The John Cage Tribute nog zijn visie vast op de meest spraakmakende Cage-compositie 4’33’’.
€ 27,00 / € 21,50 Stadspas / € 21,50 CJP | ||
| Saturday 14-Jun-14 08:00pm |
Cité de la Musique, Concert Hall (Salle des Concerts), Paris Ensemble musikFabrik, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart |
Cendo, Registre des lumières for Choir, Ensemble and Electonics (commission by Françoise and Jean-Philippe Billarant, SWR, Kinststiftung NRW and Ensemble MusikFabrik) |
 | ||
| Cité de la Musique, Concert Hall (Salle des Concerts), Paris, 221, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France Saturday 14-Jun-14 08:00pm Ensemble musikFabrik, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart Cendo, Raphaël (b. 1975), Registre des lumières for Choir, Ensemble and Electonics (commission by Françoise and Jean-Philippe Billarant, SWR, Kinststiftung NRW and Ensemble MusikFabrik) | ||
