“Ständchen" is filled with what could be called effects (feet on pebbles, hands rubbed together, humming, use of percussion instruments) but which never should be grasped as effects, and are melted into the classical form – a serenade in (until now!) four movements. - Bent Sørensen, Denmark.
Upcoming Events
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Athelas Sinfonietta performs at Copenhagens own free state Christiania08/09/2010 - 21:45 - 22:45,Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen |
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Pearls pain & guilded splinters09/09/2010 - 19:00, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen Music TheatreEsbjerg Ensemble |
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Postcards from Europe09/09/2010 - 19:15 - 22:30, London, United Kingdom, Kings Place, Hall 2,London Sinfonietta |
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Peeking in the programnotes
There are many reasons to visit the database of RE:NEW MUSIC. One of them is the programnotes - all the stories you get in there - about what inspired the composer, about whats going on in the artistic process or attention to important effects in the music. You are welcome to visit the database!
More peeks
There is something of the nature of the virtuoso and of the fairground,
the tragic and the grotesque, pleasure in sound and inner trouble, an
inner trouble that will always be expressed with modesty - From Concerto pour violon by Cavanna Bernard, France.
From the Finnish repertoire
Ladies' Room is a song cycle for soprano and chamber orchestra. The texts of the songs are from the Bible, search engine Google (re-composed and manipulated by the composer), the Scotland Yard Archives, by Jutta Seppinen and Paul Celan... - From Ladies´ Room by Perttu Haapanen, Finland.
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Events: Athelas Sinfonietta performs at Copenhagens own free state ChristianiaMalin Bång’s The Curious Collection is scored for chamber ensemble and objects – what this means is that each musician has to handle an object in addition to their instrument: The flutist must also play a salt container, the bass clarinetist must play on a mobile phone, and according to the score, the percussionist must also take care of “a book on Gustav Mahler”, etc. … Nordic Music Days 2010, September 8, at 21:45 at Den Grå Hal, Christiania |
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Events: Pearls pain & guilded splintersThe Danish audience will meet Nordic music by young composers at the Esbjerg Ensemble concert on September 9th. From the RE:NEW MUSIC repertoire pool Esbjerg Ensemble will perform Kuule II by the Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski and Landscape With Ruins by Norwegian Eivind Buene. Both composers will be working closely with the ensemble during the rehearsals, which takes place in Esbjerg, the hometown from which the ensemble has taken it’s name. The concert however takes place in Copenhagen, as it is a part of the grand festival Nordic Music Days. September 9 at 19:00, Copenhagen. |
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Events: Postcards from EuropePostcards from Europe is given over to the work of contemporary composers from across Europe, and the results of London Sinfonietta’s partnership with the European Union’s Re:New Music Project. In this event, London Sinfonietta will perform two very attractive and exciting pieces by French composer Régis Campo and the Finnish composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä in the presence of the composers. The programme also includes some of the set of Sinfonietta Shorts - solos and duets written as 'musical birthday cards' for the London Sinfonietta in 2008. September 9th at 19.15, London.
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News: RE:NEW Music in the Nordic countriesThe Nordic countries has the honour of opening the late summer of RE:NEW, as both The Uusinta Chamber Ensemble, The Cikada Ensemble and Oslo Sinfonietta are doing RE:NEW projects in August. |
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Events: Champ d'Action & Spectra Ensemble - Re:NewWednesday 13th October 2010 composer Joakim Sandgren and Gilles Gobert will hold a workshop at the Conservatory of Brussels. Participants will also have the chance to join two Belgian ensembles Spectra and Champ D´action in an open rehearsal. Brussels October 12 - 14. |
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Events: Champ d'Action & Spectra Ensemble - Re:NewIn collaboration between Champ d'Action, Spectra Ensemble, Royal Conservatory Brussels and RE: NEW MUSIC, Champ d'Action brings in a joint concert with the Spectra Ensemble and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels work by Joakim Sandgren (Sweden) and Gilles Gobert (Belgium). October 14 at 20:00. |
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Events: Champ d'Action - Lecture performance Simon Steen-AndersenLECTURE-PERFORMANCE SIMON STEEN-ANDERSEN - Movement and sound Champ d'Action, deSingel and RE: NEW Music. The piece "Next To Beside Besides" can be regarded as a choreography for a musician and his instrument - with accompanying sound. Internationale Kunstencampus deSingel, October 20 at 20:00. |
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Events: Champ d'Action - TransitChamp d´Action in concert during the TRANSIT FESTIVAL. Putting together the Lithuanian composer and conductor Vykintas Baltakas and Simon Steen Andersen. In Andersens "Chambered Music" he uses text from Mandela's prison diary, asks musicians to play backstage and uses the sound of metronomes that are hidden in crates on stage. October 24 at 20:30
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