On November 3, 2018, the ensembles Lemniscate and Zafraan cheat at the Klangwerkstatt Berlin and engage in a mutual composer partner swap.
The Ensemble Lemniscate from Basel and the Berlin Zafraan Ensemble take the risk of pushing each other out of their respective “musical-aesthetic filter bubbles”: both ensembles allow themselves to be influenced by the other and dictate a concert program. The result is two concerts, each with an ensemble playing compositions from each other’s close range.
The basic idea is a bidirectional exchange that addresses the limited curatorial view of the program makers: sooner or later, all ensembles form a circle of composers who are particularly close to them, composers with whom they often work, who share basic aesthetic principles. This is exactly where this project is looking for a gap that should be expanded: Lemniscate is curating a program for Zafraan of pieces by composers close to Lemniscate, with possibly “foreign” aesthetic approaches. The same thing happens the other way around: Zafraan puts together a program for Lemniscate, with composers “close” to them. The membrane of the musical proximity of new music ensembles, which is normally only partially penetrable, is thus broken down. Through external control, both ensembles expose themselves to the possibility of being confronted as performers with music that they would not normally bring to the stage.
November 3rd, 2018, start at 9:00 p.m.
Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
Ensemble Lemniscate, Daniel Moreira (conductor)
Zafraan Ensemble, Yalda Zamani (conductor)
Program:
Lemniscate
Samir Odeh-Tamimi: Shattíla (2004/2005) for clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Hèctor Parra: Love to Recherche (2010) for clarinet, drums, violin, viola and cello
Zafraan
Andreas Eduardo Frank: Sharp switch soft II (2016) for bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, cello
Francesco Filidei: Esercizio di pazzia II (2014) for 4 performers with paper
Carola Bauckholt: Antriebs (2011) for ensemble and playback
Lemniscate
Hendrik Rungelrath: No Secret (2013) for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Sarah Nemtsov: …Eloquent Silence (2005) for ensemble
Lemniscate and Zafraan
Matthew Shlomowitz: Fast / Medium / Swing (2008) for piano, 3 instruments & sampler
