Happiness Seriousness - A Counterpoint
Animated Films with New Music and Positions on a Healthy Economy
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"Yes, but no one else pays taxes either. Yes, but you can’t ride a bike to Mallorca. Yes, but…" Familiar, everyday justifications against doing the right thing, i.e. the imposition of working towards solidarity and a sustainable economy. Choosing the motto Happiness – Seriousness A Counterpoint, Klangforum Wien and artists of different genres have put together a programme in five chapters and an epilogue, focusing on the eternal struggle between greed and compassion, striving for profit and a sense of community. A highly topical yet ancient problem – the vocal artist David Moss illuminates it in texts ranging from antiquity to our present day. A counterpoint is offered by short poetic meditations, impossible to pigeon-hole, reminding us of the autonomy of all things, beyond mere usefulness. Add to that five short films commissioned on this topic by the ensemble, a tightrope artist and of course new music – an evening about nothing less than the nature of humankind and the future of the world.
Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation
Estimated end at 21:30
Artists
Programme
I. WÖLFE
Björn Wilker
Die Quelle des Unbekannten.
Carola Bauckholt
Die Flunder
für Flöte, Klarinette, Saxophon, Fagott, Horn, Posaune, Schlagzeug und Akkordeon. Film: Elizabeth Hobbs
II. GOOD OR BAD
Katharina Rosenberger
blur
für Flöte, Saxophon, Schlagwerk, Klavier, Violine und Violoncello
Eva Reiter
Lickalike
für Ensemble mit Film (mit Vokalsolo und Textprojektion). Film: Rebecca Blöcher
III. ANGST / IV. UNRUHE
Improvisationen für Ensemble und Vokalsoli
V. TRÖSTENDE DINGE
Rebecca Saunders
Sole
Trio in Fis für mobiles Akkordeon, Schlagzeug und Klavier
Ying Wang
Music Box
für Ensemble, Film und Electronics. Film: Johanna Kozuch
VI. BEWUSSTSEIN
Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question
für Trompete, vier Flöten und Streicher
Iris ter Schiphorst
Suggestion of least resistance
für Film und Ensemble. Film: Michelle und Uri Kranot
EPILOG
Michael Pelzel
...Dance of the magic waterbells...
für großes Ensemble
Promoter
ACHT BRÜCKEN