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| "MIR IST SO WUNDERBAR" [I FEEL SO WONDERFUL]. Beethoven as a visionary. NEW CHOIR PIECE Christian Kesten composes a game based choir piece of 8-12 minutes, commissioned by BTHVN2020. | |
| PLATO OSTRAVA / CZ SPACE DISSONANCE #3 / MAULWERKER The Maulwerkers perform in a former DIY store hall and a multi-perspective architectural structure developed by Than Hussein Clark after ideas by Walter Gropius—a program of compositions working with the perception of acoustic spaces in different ways. La Monte Young: Poem for Chairs, Tables and Benches (1960) | Alessandro Bosetti: Trinitaire (2015) | Michael Hirsch: Intérieur à 3 (2015) | Christian Kesten: feld 037 grundlos (2010) | Alex Nowitz: Tante Marianne (2010) | Dieter Schnebel: Stumme Schreie (2008) | Steffi Weismann: folie (2016/19) | Dieter Schnebel: Maulwerke (1968-74) version for 4 voices for PLATO Ostrava 2019 | Henrik Kairies: Rain (2000) MAULWERKER: Ariane Jessulat, Henrik Kairies, Christian Kesten, Katarina Rasinski 30 April, 2019 | 7 pm PLATO Ostrava Janáčkova 22 (former Bauhaus store) 702 00 Ostrava | Czech Republic | |
| FESTIVAL CRESCENDO DIETER SCHNEBEL: WEITERGEBEN Robert Schumann Wiegenlied am Lager eines kranken Kindes op. 78, 4; Lieder aus: Liederkreis op. 24; Lieder aus: Kinderszenen op. 15 Steven Müller Schumann-Moment (2018) Richard Wagner Stücke aus: Fünf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck für eine Frauenstimme und Klavier Dieter Schnebel Schumann-Moment aus Re-Visionen II (1989) für Stimmen, Harfe und Schlagzeug; Tradition II2, Lieder ohne Worte (1980/86); , aus: Auguri (1987–93), 68 Mehrklänge für Carla Henius (nr. 2), 69 + 11 + x touches für John Cage (Epilogo); Wagner-Varianten für Klavier (2015); Re-Visionen I4: Wagner-Idyll für Kammerensemble und Singstimme ad. lib. (1980); MAULWERKE (1968–74, Fassung 2019) Marina Kerdraon-Dammekens, Magdalena Motyl, Marina Kerdraon-Dammekens – soprano; Johannes Schultz – bariton; Elisabeth Freyburg-Scharnick, Cosima Becker, Maria Hector, David Hagen, Jan-Lukas Willms, Yannic Rösch – small choir; Cosima Becker, Luana Lindner, Karl Röttger, Yannic Rösch – voice; Matthieu Stepec – choir and ensemble direction; Marlene Matzies – viola; Till Münkler – violoncello; Malin Sieberns – alto recorder; Yannic Rösch – saxophone; Julian Hennel – trumpet; Sabrina Ma – percussion; Vanessa Wagner – harp; David Hagen – harmonium; Maria Hector, Haruka Izawa, Ariane Jeßulat, Steven Müller, Daniel Ott, Justin Remfrey – piano; Ensemble Maulwerker: Ariane Jeßulat, Henrik Kairies, Christian Kesten, Katarina Rasinski, Steffi Weismann Sunday, 19 May, 2019 | 6pm Universität der Künste Berlin Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal Bundesallee 1-12 10719 Berlin Tickets | |
| HEARTFIELDS ADRESS BOOKS Address books are like an atlas of the relationship network of their owners. In addition to prominent friends and colleagues, they list the hairdresser and pharmacist, the nursery and the dog food shop on an equal footing and at eye level. This is also the case in the two address books handed down in John Heartfield's Archive of the Academy of the Arts. Christine Fischer-Defoy has been dealing with address books for many years—for example by Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt and Paul Hindemith—and elicits the secrets of their owners from them. Introduction by Michael Krejsa Lecture by Christine Fischer-Defoy Music by Christian Kesten Saturday, 25 May, 2019, 3pm John Heartfield House Waldsieversdorf | |
| AUSLAND BERLIN Andrew Lafkas – double bass CCA Chris Abrahams – dx7 Christian Kesten – voice Andrea Ermke – mini-discs Sunday, 9 June, 2019 | 8:30pm ausland berlin Lychener Str. 60 | 10437 Berlin U2 Eberswalder Str. | S Schönhauser Allee | Tram12 Raumerstr. | |
| maulwerker performing music OBERFLÄCHEN [SURFACES] Michael Hirsch Intérieur à 3 (2015) German Premiere for 3 speakers/performers, paper and sound file Ute Wassermann Mutual Dependencies (2019) World Premiere for 4 voices, brass foil and loudspeaker objects Ariane Jessulat Nycticebus coucang (2019) World Premiere für 5 Performer*innen, glatte Objekte und Elektronik Henrik Kairies Triosonate für Weingläser [for wine glasses] (2013) Johannes K. Hildebrandt Kräusch (2018/2019) World Premiere of the revised version for 3 players, tables and contact microphones Steffi Weismann folie (2016) for 6 performers, voices and objects MAULWERKER Ariane Jessulat, Henrik Kairies, Christian Kesten, Katarina Rasinski, Tilmann Walzer, Steffi Weismann 31 August, 2019 | 8 pm Ballhaus Ost Berlin Pappelallee 15 | 10437 Berlin |
