OPUS:25. Celebrating 25 Years of the Kairos Quartet

Andre Bartetzki [*1962]  •  ForMal - VorSpiel - FourStrings [2021] World Premiere
Liza Lim [*1966]  •  The Weaver’s Knot [2013]
Larisa Vrhunc [*1967]  •  Vertical for String Quartet [2015]
Andre Bartetzki   •  ForMal - VorSpiel - FourStrings
Oliver Schneller [*1966]  •  Hilbert Space for String Quartet, Percussion and fixed media [2021] World Premiere
Simon Steen-Andersen [*1976]  •  Study #2 for one or more string instruments and whammy pedal [2009]
Petros Leivadas [*1991]  •  Heubris - Trunken mit GOtt [2019] for percussion solo with electronics

Sascha Hahn [* 1979] •  Heubris - Trunken mit GOtt [2020] Video-Installation World Premiere
Sandeep Bhagwati [*1963]  •  nightbirdsong [2021] World Premiere
Andre Bartetzki  •  ForMal - VorSpiel - FourStrings


Kairos Quartet
Olaf Tzschoppe - Schlagzeug

Andre Bartetzki - Klanginstallation, Sound-Design

Sascha Hahn - Video

The artistic contributions by Andre Bartetzki and Oliver Schneller are a gift to the Kairos Quartett for the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Sascha Hahn supports our project with a video installation that is also shown for the first time and is a Tableau Vivant of Leivadas' Heubris. Sandeep Bhagwati's nightbirdsong was not especially meant for us, but we were the first to take the opportunity for a performance since it fits perfectly into the concept of PARCAE.


The OPUS:25 concerts at SPREEHALLE have been made possible by the support of Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin.

This concert is viewable until the end of 2021 here, or:

YT: https://youtu.be/025cVDHx9xw

FB: https://www.facebook.com/OffenerKanal/posts/4423600694340708

Erik Satie [1866 - 1925]  •  Avant–dernières pensées, transscribed for string trio by Claudius von Wrochem [1915/2011]
      I. Idylle, à Debussy
      II. Aubade, à Paul Dukas
      III. Méditation, à Albert Roussel

    Moderation I

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati [1919 - 1994]  •  Multiple I for two string players [1969], version for viola and violoncello

    Moderation II

René Leibowitz [1913 - 1972]  •  Impromtu  for violin solo, posthum

Xiaoyong Chen [*1955]  •  String Trio [1987/88]

    Moderation III

Betsy Jolas [*1926]  •  Remember for viola and cello [1971] 5’

Julio Estrada [*1943]  •  Yuunohui’ensemble for violin, viola and cello op. E.18n [1983-1990]

Stefan Häussler - violin
Simone Heilgendorff - viola
Claudius von Wrochem - violoncello

György Kurtág [*1926]  •  Quartetto per archi op. 1 [1959]

Georg Friedrich Haas [*1953]  •  String Quartet No. 2 [1998]

Giorgio Netti [*1963]  •  ) place (  for prepared string quartet (ciclo dell' assedio) [2001]

Due to the pandemic the concert will be streamed live. Details are already posted on FaceBook

In accordance with Covid19 regulations we had to cancel this concert. We are very sorry about any inconvenience this short term cancellation may have caused.

The venue and tickets

George Crumb [*1929] • Black Angels. 13 Images from the Dark Land (Images I) for electric string quartet [1970] 20'

Dongryul Lee [*1978] • Unending Rose [2017-19] 40’ UA

This programme is under the banner of fundamental human questions about time, space, and the forces motivating each of us.

We decided to place the shortest piece by the Islandic composer Gunnar Karel Másson at the center – which is literally left to the audience as the string quartet is positioned at the sides of the theatre, whispering and knocking and playing. Lee's sombrely "red" opus magnum, a kind of musical rosary which employs complex algorithms in order to generate scales, harmonies, and even tuning systems hitherto unknown comes first. Crumbs magic dark classic for electric string quartet whose players also perform on a significant number of additional instruments bears the subtitle “in tempore belli” referring to the War in Vietnam. As a lament in 13 short movements with citations of Schubert and sounds akin to attack helicopters the work draws from many sources and creates a unique mesmerizing athmosphere one will not forget.

With the support of the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the Land Brandenburg.

1heit – 4fach

Thomas Buchholz [*1961]  •  Krunk für Streichquartett [2005]

Morton Feldman [1926 - 1987]  •  Structures [1951]

Christian FP Kram [*1968]  •  Dialogisch

Thomas Leppuhr [*1966]  •  Choralbearbeitung [1966]

Gabriel Iranyi [*1946]  •  Streichquartett Nr. 5

Knut Müller [*1963]  • Thorn für Streichquartett [1996]

Im Labor der 16 Saiten

Thomas Buchholz [*1961]  •  Krunk für Streichquartett [2005]
Christian FP Kram [*1968]  •  Dialogisch
Sergej Newski [*1972]  •  Drittes Streichquartett [2009]
Gabriel Iranyi [*1946]  •  Streichquartett Nr. 5
Knut Müller [*1963]  • Thorn für Streichquartett [1996]

Das Konzert wird von ausKlang e.V. und der Dezentralen Kulturarbeit des Kulturamts Steglitz/Zehlendorf gefördert.

Thomas Buchholz [*27.08.1961]  •  Krunk für Streichquartett [2005]
Morton Feldman [1926 - 1987]  •  Structures [1951]
Christian FP Kram [*1968]  •  Dialogisch
Thomas Leppuhr [*1966]  •  Choralbearbeitung [1966]
Gabriel Iranyi [*1946]  •  Streichquartett Nr. 5
Knut Müller [*1963]  • Thorn für Streichquartett [1996]

Portrait Concert I for Unsuk Chin

Unsuk Chin [*1961]  •  ParaMetaString [1995/96]

Other compositions by Unsuk Chin performed by members of the NDR Symphony Orchestra

Chino Toledo (Philippines)  •  N.N. for er-hu and string quartet - WP

Li Yi Guo (China)  •  N.N. for gu zheng and string quartet - WP

Jia Guo Ping (China)  •  N.N. for pipa and string quartet - WP

Dr. Sayyid (Malaysia)   •  N.N. for string quartet - WP

Unsuk Chin (South Korea/GER) [*1961]  •  ParaMetaString for string quartet and tape  [1995/96]

Kairos Quartet with Qi Jie (Pipa, China), Yang Sue (Erhu, China), Yun Xiang (Guzheng, Malaysia)

14:00   Workshop on New Playing Techniques (continued from Nov. 13)

16:30   Introduction to tuning systems and the overtone spectrum

14:00   Workshop 1 - Contemporary Playing Techniques

16:30   Rehearsal of faculty string quartets with Conservatory composers.

19:15   Concert hall set-up

in einer 40minütigen Performance improvisieren die Malerin Astrid Rieder und der Cellist Claudius von Wrochem gemeinsam – jede/r in ihrem/seinem Metier.

Das von Astrid Rieder entwickelte und bereits zum 30. Mal vorgeführte Konzept Genre-übergreifender Improvisation führt zu einem Gesamtkunstwerk; Bild und Aufnahme können erworben werden.

Im Anschluss gibt es die Gelegenheit zu einem Gespräch mit den Künstlern.

Eintritt individuell

A joint improvisation lasting 40 minutes by the visual artist Astrid Rieder and the cellist Claudius von Wrochem will lead to a Gesamtkunstwerk; it is the 30th instalment of her interdisciplinary concept of mutual improvisational exchange. Painting and recording of the event can be purchased.

You are welcome to talk to the artists after the performance.

Pay as you wish.

Workshop on Contemporary Playing Techniques

Special requirements of the performer, perception of time, meter, and tempo/rhythm, notation (result or action)
Pitch
Timbre (incl. Estrada), Articulation, Pizzicato, Vibrato
Extended techniques and auxiliary tools

Materia Prima, eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen des "Monats der zeitgenössischen Musik" der Initiative für Neue Musik in Berlin (D)

Giorgio Netti (*1963)  •  ) place (  (aus: ciclo dell' assedio) [2001]

Martin Daske (*1962) •  Foliant 15 für Streichquartett [1989]

•  Foliant für Blockflötenquartett [2018] (UA)

Markus Wettstein (*1963) •  tinwood constructions für Blockflötentrio und gestrichene Metallobjekte [1917/18]

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Kairos Quartett

Wolfgang Bender und

Stefan Häussler – alternierende Violinen

Simone Heilgendorff – Viola

Claudius von Wrochem – Violoncello

Miako Klein – Blockflöte

Karolina Bäter – Blockflöte

Julia Andres – Blockflöte

John Cage (1912-1992)  •  Thirty Pieces for String Quartet [1983]

Kunsthalle Moen

Nov. 13, 2017 Reception at the German Embassy

The Kairos Quartet performs Strawinsky and Schubert

Nov. 14, 2017 Opening of the El-Lissitzky Exhibition at Tretjakow Galleries

Sergej Newski (*1972) Fotografie und Berührung - SQ No.1 [2000] <Moscow Premiere>
Morton Feldman (1926-1987) Structures [1951]
Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971) Three Pieces for String Quartet [1918]

Kairos Quartet Recital

with senior high school students from the music gymnasium C. Ph. E. Bach, Berlin, tutor: Dr. Jens Renger

Larisa Vrhunc (*1967)  •  Vertical. Concerto grosso for string quartet and various performers [2015] <German Premiere of the Concerto Grosso version>
Marina Khorkova (*1981)  •  String Quartet No. 2 with Toy Piano–tape [2016] <WP>
Giorgio Netti (*1963)  •  tête for Cello and recorded voice (ciclo dell' assedio) [2008/09]
Simon Steen-Andersen (*1976)  •  Study #2 für Streichinstrumente und Whammy-Pedal [2011]
Giacinto Maria Scelsi (1905-1988)  •  3rd String Quartet [1963]

ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT are twin programmes; ZOOM OUT took already place on May 25 as part of the cultural programme accompanying the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchentag 2017.

ZOOM IN entices the listener to delve into the private and intimate aspects of sound. We will begin our recital with the Concerto Grosso Version of Vertical written for the Kairos Quartet by the Slovenian composer Larisa Vrhunc, supported by performers of the music gymnasium. Thus the quartet sound is being magnified. On goes the audio guide through aleatoric and every-day sounds compiled for this rendition at the start of the concert by the quartet members, leads over to Netti's unique Cello–Rap accompanying Alberto Giacometti's pre-recorded voice. Steen-Andersen's Quartet zooms very close to bow-hair and stick at work, characterized by specially prepared bows. Finally, we go to timeless and magical Scelsi. As most of Scelsi's work, his third string quartet is based on improvisations on the ondiola, an early electronic keyed instrument, recorded on tapes and edited, then realized for string quartet by Vieri Tosatti.

Thanks to the Berlin Marathon you can reach our venue only as a pedestrian, by bike, or by public transport.

Supported by the initiative neue musik berlin e.V. as part of the Month of Contemporary Music.

2:00-3:30 Workshop for participants of the Kirchentag who are interested to join the Kairos Quartet for the first piece in their recital (see below) using their voices, their own instruments, or instruments made available by the Kairos Quartet for those who don't feel like vocalizing; no charge, no reading of sheet music, no particular music skills required. Stockhausen's concept piece is just a few lines of text. All we expect from our participants is openness and interest in a common experience.

16:00 start of the recital

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) • Aus den sieben Tagen: Richtige Dauern [1968] Workshop participants with members of the Kairos Quartet
Julio Estrada (*1943) • Canto mnémico. Fugue in 4 Dimensions [1973/83] 5'30''
John Cage (1912-1992) • Twenty [Thirty] Pieces for String Quartet [1983] 20’
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • String Quartet No. 5 [2007] 22' German Premiere
Knut Müller (*1963) • Thorn [1996] 9'

Supported by the initiative neue musik Berlin e.V.

18:00 Church service with the Kairos Quartet

György Kurtág (*1926) • from Quartetto per archi op.1
Julio Estrada (*1943) • Canto mnémico. Fugue in 4 Dimensions [1973/83]

The idea of this programme is to direct the focus of the audience to the over-all shape of the music presented and to compress all these many details as if one were viewing a map from a distance. So we looked for compositions with distinct "topographies": some were characterized by significant pauses or cuts (Haas, Müller), by a kind of tectonic construction (Cage, sporting three material levels, all in constant and independent motion), or by stressing the individual voice rather than the collective (Cage, Estrada). The audience will experience the concert from within as the musicians are positioned around the audience in all but the last piece of the programme. In combination with the workshop we aim to give everyone the feeling of being an active and integral part of the event as opposed to being a mere listener.

When we finally sit together as one would expect from a string quartet we will perform a piece which is inspired by a story by Lars Gustafson. It consists of one chord, often camouflages or performed in part, sometimes vanished. Whith glissandos constantly in flow one looses one's firm ground – until one recognizes it in the flow itself: omnis fluit / παντα ρει

ARGE Studio, Ulrike-Gschwandtner-Straße 5, 5020 Salzburg

BruchStück IX for string quartet
BruchStück VI (1995) for piano
BruchStück X (2015) for piano und string quartet
 
Kairos Quartet (Berlin)
Jan Gerdes piano
Moderation Simone Heilgendorff

This is an event in cooperation with ARGEkultur, kindly supported by "Campus Musick"

Christian Ofenbauer  (born in Carinthia in 1961, composer and organist) has served as a professor of harmony and counterpoint at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg since 2001.

Reservation/Ticketing: ingeborg [dot] schrems [at] sbg [dot] ac [dot] at / +43 662 8044 2380

Informationen: W&K Forum Uni Salzburg, vermittlung-zeitgenoessischer-musik / facebook

Begrüßung
Enno Poppe (*1969)  •  Zwölf [2014]
Laudatio
György Ligeti (1923-2006)  •  Sonate für Violoncello solo [1948-53]
Schlußwort

Claudius von Wrochem, Cello

Astrid Rieger – Visual Artist

Simone Heilgendorff – Viola
Claudius von Wrochem – Cello

Organized by trans-Art in cooperation with ConTempOhr this
performance is financially supported by CampusMusick

You can watch the whole performance here.