musica assoluta / Tanja Tetzlaff / cylixe / Thorsten Encke / Antje Boetius

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Tue, Oct 29, 2024, 19:30

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The gentle sound of waves or the unpredictable force of nature, calming shades of blue or mysterious depths: All this is the sea – and it is a threatened habitat. Pollution, overfishing, global warming and noise are disrupting the processes in this delicate ecosystem. To mark the »Decade of Ocean Science 2021-2030« proclaimed by the UN, the innovative Hanoverian orchestra musica assoluta has launched a project that is making waves across all disciplines: »The Ocean is a noisy Place«. Boundaries... Read full text

Keywords: Chamber Music, Contemporary

Info & Ticket (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

Musicians

musica assoluta
Tanja Tetzlaff	Cello
Antje Boetius	Vortrag
cylixe	Visuals
Thorsten Encke	Conductor

Program

Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest / aus: Douze Préludes, Buch 1, bearbeitet für Ensemble von Thorsten Encke	Claude Debussy
The Wanderer (Auszug)	Jana Winderen
Black Ice für Violoncello und 6-Kanal-Tape	Thorsten Encke
It Is Noisy in the Ocean ... für zehn Spieler und Elektronik	Thorsten Encke
La mer / Drei sinfonische Skizzen, bearbeitet für Kammerorchester von Thorsten Encke	Claude Debussy

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