Current concerts
20.01.2023, 8:00 p.m
St. Nicolai Church Eckernfoerde
„Gestade in Fernen“
Music for the day of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27th
In its program “Gestade in Fernen”, the ensemble reflection K deals with human suffering in its most diverse manifestations and forms.
The musicians present works by Brigitta Muntendorf, Gerald Eckert, Johannes Kalitzke and Dieter Schnebel, which were created between 1988 and 2016, in different spatial configurations in the Eckernfoerder St. Nicolai church and the Zionschurch Bielefeld-Bethel. They all deal with the theme of war, death and pain, but also with the human misconduct that triggered this. The underlying text fragments come from such high-ranking authors as Heinrich Böll, Paul Celan, Raoul Schrott and from the Stabat Mater Dolorosa (13th century).
In contrast, the ensemble presents various short antiphons by the abbess Hildegard von Bingen from the years 1150 to 1160, sung by the soprano Irene Kurka, who, with her life-affirming character singing about the "miracle of creation", present themselves as a strong contrast, but also as a connection to the works from the 20th and 21st centuries.
as a guest: Irene Kurka, soprano
Ensemble reflection K
Beatrix Wagner, flute
Burkart Zeller, violoncello
Gerald Eckert, violoncello and electronics
24.02. - 26.02.2023
Friday, 24.03.2023, 7:30 p.m
St. Nicolai church Eckernfoerde
"n.e.u.e_b.a.h.n.e.n"
A "short ride through the avant-gardes of music history" from Machaut via Monteverdi, Beethoven, Liszt, Dvorak, Satie and Webern to a world premiere by Gerald Eckert.
The title of the program alludes to Robert Schumann's article "Neue Bahnen" in the "Neue Musikzeitung", which praised the young Johannes Brahms as the composer of the future. And so this program not only deals with the music of the present time, but also presents avant-gardists from 700 years of music history, beginning with a motet by the French Guillaume de Machaut, of whom not only the oldest mass setting has survived, but also the fundamental ones established rules of counterpoint and melody that still apply today.
It will also be heard how Carlo Gesualdo, Franz Liszt or Ludwig van Beethoven broke the harmonic habits of their time, how Claudio Monteverdi, Carl Philip Emanuel Bach or John Cage invented new forms of composition, or how Antonin Dvorak, Eric Satie or Anton Webern made traditional forms create something new.
Performers:
norddeutsche sinfonietta
Ensemble reflection K
More concerts with "n.e.u.e_b.a.h.n.e.n"
Saturday, March 25th 2023, 6:00 p.m
St. Mary's church in Husum
Sunday, March 26th 2023, 5:00 p.m
St. Mary's church in Rendsburg
Entry:
12 euros
students: 5 euros
03.10.2022, 6.00 p.m.,
Solo - Duo
for organ
Gerald Eckert „Schwebe, verlöschend“
Tomi Räisänen „crossings“
for contrabass and electronics
Elliott Carter „esprit rude / esprit douce"
for flute and clarinet
Violetta Dinescu „7 Roses" (Nr. 5)
version for violoncello solo
Iannis Xenakis „Rebonds b“
Georg Katzer „Dialogue imaginaire“
Gerald Eckert „Nôéma“
Kaija Saariaho „Ciel étoilé“
Erik-Sven Tüür „Spectrum 1“
Beatrix Wagner, flute
Joachim Striepens, clarinet
Katja Kanowski, organ
André Wittmann, percussion
Gerald Eckert, violoncello, electronics
Heiko Maschmann, contrabass
10.11.2022, 8.00 p.m.,
esquisses itinéraires
Ramón Souto „Exéresis“ (2011)
for ensemble (fl, ob, pf, vln, vla, vc)
Hans-Joachim Hespos „esquisses itinéraires“ (1984)
for ensemble (fl, clar, hrn, pf, vln, vc )
Hans-Joachim Hespos „Duma“ (1980)
for altoflute solo
Gerald Eckert „ruins of time“ (2012/ 13)
for ensemble (fl, clar, hrn, pf, vln, vla, vc)
Beatrix Wagner, flute
Enrico Raphaelis, oboe
Joachim Striepens, clarinet
Delphine Gauthier-Guiche, horn
Martin von der Heydt, piano
Rui C. Antunes, violin
Christiane Veltman, viola
Burkart Zeller, violoncello
Gerald Eckert, direction
