Christoph Sietzen, an award-winning multi-percussionist, joins forces with MOTUS Percussion to create a spectacular auditory experience. Their performance ranges from subtle sounds to captivating eruptions. Sietzen takes on a new work by composer Philipp Maintz, collaborating with MOTUS Percussion for a full-length stage performance. "Motus" signifies movement, tremor, and dance, hinting at the energy they unleash.
Johannes Maria Staud's drum concerto for Christoph Sietzen, portrait artist of the 2024/2025 season, captures the shimmer of reality. A highly virtuosic pleasure on sought-after and found instruments, from drums to flowerpots. The protagonists in Gordon Kampe's "Lyrical Symphony" are "delighted to devour": inhumanly heightened desire dominates the music. Nicolas A. Huber devotes himself to the perfection of the number 4.
Nicolaus A. Huber will celebrate his 85th birthday on December 15, 2024. The NOW! Festival sends him birthday greetings in advance. Huber, a native of Lower Bavaria, left a huge mark on Essen as a composition professor at the Folkwang University from 1974 to 2004. His former student, Gordon Kampe, composed a commissioned work for two voices and orchestra. Johannes Maria Staud's new percussion concerto and two Huber classics will be performed. In 2017, he composed "...der arabischen 4", and with "laissez vibrer", he composed the first solo for 18 tubular bells, reminiscent of his childhood.
Composer Christian Jost as presenter, one or more musicians, a generally unknown contemporary work – and you, the listening audience. Afterwards you will you learn more about the music. It’s surprising how much your ears will be opened when you hear the piece for a second time.
Christoph Sietzen, a master of the marimba, has revolutionized the instrument with his virtuosity and stage presence. Debuting at the Salzburg Festival at 12, he inspires contemporary composers while also exploring early music, including playing the harpsichord. He combines these worlds with the Academy of Ancient Music, featuring a new piece by Giorgio Musolesi for percussion and baroque orchestra.
Hommage an einen Revolutionär. Mit einer visionären Filmmusik, die einst das hr-Sinfonieorchester uraufführte, fünf im Ausdruck verdichteten Charakterstücken und einem Kammerwerk der Rückbesinnung feiert das Forum N Schönbergs runden Geburtstag und bereichert ihn zudem um neue Schlagzeug-Klänge. Der große Repräsentant der Zwölftontechnik ist dabei mit einer faszinierenden Antithese zur aufkommenden Effektmusik des frühen Tonfilms zu erleben, die er für eine imaginäre Lichtspielszene der Zukunft schrieb, aber auch mit seiner frühen, noch tonalen 2. Kammersinfonie, die erst in reifen Jahren fertige Gestalt annahm. Außerdem bieten André de Ridder und das hr-Sinfonierochester eine Begegnung mit Schönbergs berühmten Orchesterstücken op. 16, die vor allem eins sein wollen: »ein ununterbrochener Wechsel von Farben, Rhythmen und Stimmungen«. Dazwischen präsentiert Christoph Sietzen die Deutsche Erstaufführung des neuen Schlagzeugkonzerts von Detlev Glanert, das im Mai 2024 im norwegischen Bodø seine Uraufführung erlebt.Konzertdauer: ca. 110 Minuten – inklusive Pause
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