Tuesday 2nd July 7 pm Viitasaari Areena
OPENING CONCERT
Tickets 30 / 15 €
Stockhausen meets Saariaho in the opening concert. The concert begins with Bach’s Chaconne which has been a reflection basis for Kaija Saariaho’s Frises for solo violin and electronics. Frises (Friezes) is performed for the first time in its entirety in Finland after the chaconne. During the second half Karlheinz Stockhausen’s overwhelming Oktophonie (1991) and Signale zur Invasion (1992) are performed simultaneously and three-dimensionally as trombonist Thomas R. Moore plays and walks a parcours amongst the audience while the walls becomes the stage for video artist Klaas van Verpoest’s liquid visuals. Both pieces are part of the second act – the cosmic battle between Michael and Lucifer – of Dienstag aus Licht, from Stockhausen’s monumental 7-day opera cycle Licht. The audience in the middle can follow the battle at the close proximity.
Aliisa Neige Barrière, violin
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, creation of electronics
Timo Kurkikangas, Anders Pohjola, Jon-Patrik Kuhlefelt, electronics
Thomas R. Moore, trombone
Klaas Verpoest, video
Patrick Delges, sound engineer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Chaconne from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004 (1717–1720) 14´
Kaija Saariaho: Frises for solo violin (2011) 23´
I. Frise Jaune 4´
II. Frise de Fleur 6´
III. Pavage 8´
IV. Frise Grise 5´
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Signale zur Invasion (1992) & Oktophonie (1991) 45´
