On April 10, 2018, the Zafraan Ensemble will be a guest in the “South Side at Night” series at the Stuttgart Theaterhaus. You can hear works by Giacinto Scelsi, Stefan Keller and Alexander Schubert as well as world premieres by Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Josep Planells Schiaffino and Nicolai Worsaae.
With the program in the Stuttgart Theaterhaus, the Zafraan Ensemble celebrates rhythm – not in the sense of the numerical ratios of durations, but rhythm as a sequence of sound energies, as a catalyst and liberator of sound.
The arc leads from Giacinto Scelsis’ Okanagon , which conjures up a dark, earthy ritual with tam-tam and the low strings of harp and double bass, to the preoccupation with Cuban patterns and stereotypes of jazz.
The composition commissions for this concert went to Samir Odeh-Tamimi, with whom the Zafraan Ensemble has been collaborating for a long time, as well as to Josep Planells Schiaffino and Nicolai Worsaae – young composers whose musical terrain Zafraan is exploring for the first time.
Giacinto Scelsi : Okanagon (1968)
for harp, double bass and percussion
Stefan Keller : Hammer (2015)
for saxophone, percussion and piano
Samir Odeh-Tamimi : Efráh (2018), UA
for harp solo
Josep Planells Schiaffino : Cavall (2018), UA
for saxophone, double bass, percussion and piano
Alexander Schubert : Superimpose I (2009)
for saxophone, double bass, percussion, piano and playing
Nicolai Worsaae : New Tags (2018), premiere
for harp, double bass, percussion and playing
Admission: €12 / €7 (reduced)
only at the box office in front of the concert hall
Saturday, April 10, 2018, 8 p.m.
Theaterhaus, Stuttgart
