The musical climate advisor

Works by

Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius, Alexander N. Scriabin, Carlos Salzedo, John Cage, George Crumb, Steve Reich, Laurent Albrecht Breuninger, Lukas Döhler and Jiyeong Lee

Featuring

Theresa Bogisch Harp
Deborah Haag Harp
Shawn Hsiao Percussion and electronics
Boran Çolak Piano
Jiyeong Lee Voice and electronics
Elisa Lázaro Hernando Percussion
Thibault Keith Percussion
Michihiro Yoshida Percussion
Emily Alberto (as guest) Piano
Vinicius Benalia Penteado Piano
Salomo Kovacs Piano
Nehir Özzengin Piano
Anna Kaiser Recitation
Prof. Dr. Heiner Igel Lecture

Programme

Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961) 
"Steel" from the ‘Pentacle Suite’ for 2 harps 
Theresa Bogisch, harp
Deborah Haag, harp

Lukas Döhler →  
"oiseaux solitaire" world premiere
for percussion, electronics, video
Shawn Hsiao

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 
La Cathédrale engloutie (Préludes Volume I, No. 10)
N.N., piano

Jiyeong Lee  
"Pure Hearts"
vocal + electronics

Alexander N. Scriabin (1872-1915)
"Vers la flamme"
Boran Çolak, piano

John Cage (1912-1992)
"Branches"
Elisa Lázaro Hernando
Thibault Keith
Michihiro Yoshida, percussion

Prof. Dr. Heiner Igel (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
‘The music of Steve Reich, seismology and climate change’
Lecture

Steve Reich (*1936)
"Piano Phase"

Emily Alberto (as a guest)
Vinicius Benalia Penteado, pianos

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
"Schlechtes Wetter" (bad weather)
N.N., soprano
N.N., piano

Jean Sibelius (1864-1957)
from Pieces for Piano op. 75 No. 1-5 (The Trees) 
No. 5 ‘Granen’ (Spruce)

Salomo Kovacs, piano

George Crumb (1929-2022)
from "Vox Balaenae for three masked players" for flute, violoncello and piano
2. Variations on Sea-Time
Adagio; solemn, with calm majesty. Sea-Theme: Archeozoik (Var. I) – Proterozoic (Var. II) – Paleozoic (Var. III) – Mesozoic (Var. IV) – Cenozoic (Var. V)
N.N., flute
N.N., violoncello
N.N., piano
sound studio

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
aus Waldszenen (forest scenes) op. 82 
"Vogel als Prophet" (Bird as prophet)

Nehir Özzengin, piano

Laurent Albrecht Breuninger  
"Choral Song of Sophocles" for strings
N.N., violin
N.N., violin
N.N., viola
N.N., viola 
N.N., violoncello
N.N., violoncello
Anna Kaiser, recitation

about this event

The musical climate encoder – what's that all about, you may ask.
It's really quite obvious how many composers have been thinking about our earth, nature and the climate in recent years, decades and even centuries.
You can expect a programme of compositions from more recent times with themes such as trees, whales, birds, water and fire.
There are also compositions from earlier times with natural phenomena in the title.

What is completely new in this project, however, is the scientific lecture by Prof Dr Heiner Igel, LMU Munich, on the music of Steve Reich, seismology and climate change, which is embedded in the music.

You can look forward to a listening experience expanded to include the science of the earth with a highly interdisciplinary musical approach.

Concept Prof. Maria Stange