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Peter Jakober: little beauty

“little beauty” is a composition for brass and woodwind instruments by Peter Jakober, written for 88 individual voices. The project will be realised together with amateur musicians who play brass or woodwind instruments with varying levels of experience. During the performance, which will take place on the long concrete ramp at silent green, visitors will be accompanied by the sounds of “little beauty” as they make their way into the Betonhalle, where it will be followed by the concert of the Monochrome Project.

With

The Monochrome Project
Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Mathilde Conley, Rike Huy, Bob Koertshuis, Nathan Plante, Markus Schwind, Laura Vukobratović – trumpet

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Claudia Molitor: Fever

Earth has been suffering from THSD (Toxic Homo Sapiens Disorder).
She had it under control
Just the occasional flare-up
But recently it’s been causing a fever
The doctor assures her THSD will eventually burn itself out
But it’ll be unpleasant for a while

Ancient trumpets may have been a way to call to nature, to connect to other creatures, to tell stories about nature and human experience, to signal to other humans, to come together and communicate. Maybe, as Marco Blaauw hypothesises, early trumpet-like instruments might have been a sonic answer to the natural noises people heard around them, or even a loud expression to process trauma. We continue to do all these things through making music, tell stories, reach out to others, create social encounters and rituals, tell of our despair and hope. “Fever” for me is an answer to the noises we are surrounded by in the early 21st century, the noises that are a sonic marker of our destructive human ways. A call for hope of reconnecting to each other and our fellow creatures, to find a way to live with our environment, not against it.
– Claudia Molitor

With

The Monochrome Project
Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Mathilde Conley, Rike Huy, Bob Koertshuis, Nathan Plante, Markus Schwind, Laura Vukobratović – trumpet   

Wadada Leo Smith:
The Flight of the Eagle: The Sonic Memorial of Jiddu Krishnamurti

The eagle in its flight does not leave a mark; the scientist does. Inquiring into this question of freedom there must be, not only scientific observation, but also the flight of the eagle that does not leave a mark.
– Jiddu Krishnamurti

Krishnamurti is a great inspirational thinker for me and his exploration into human nature, the responsibility of humanity to each other and the place in space and time has been important to me in my own thoughts about the world I live in and my wish to help reshape it into something more beautiful and meaningful for all people to be a part of.
– Wadada Leo Smith

With

The Monochrome Project
Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Mathilde Conley, Rike Huy, Bob Koertshuis, Nathan Plante, Markus Schwind, Laura Vukobratović – trumpet
Dirk Rothbrust – bass drums