Beat that!

Percussion versus electronics

chamber music

Fri 17 Nov 2017 -20.00

introduction by Klaas Coulembier	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	22.05

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Six percussionists and a robot in a percussion salvo

Each technological advance extends human capabilities, but is also, simultaneously, an amputation. In their new works for percussion and electronics, Wim Henderickx and Serge Verstockt play with this duality. From a gentle but unsettling rustling in a pitch dark concert hall, to ecstatic drum 'n' bass and breathtaking sound fields: in three short concerts percussion and electronic instruments play the leading role. Music that is bound to grab you by the throat.

programme

Serge Verstockt (1957)
BeatEmUp! (world premiere, commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge)
DRIE

Wim Henderickx (1962)
Sacred Places I (Angel) (world premiere, commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge)

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
Vibra-Elufa

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Serge Verstockt (1957)
BeatEmUp! (world premiere, commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge)
DRIE

Wim Henderickx (

performers

ChampdAction:
Jaan Bossier: conductor
Teun Verbruggen: percussion
Bruno Meeus: percussion
Tsubasa Hori: Taiko percussion
Marcel Andriessen: percussion
Vlad Weverbergh: clarinet
Ann Eysermans: double bass
Tom Jackson: clarinet
Thomas Moore: trombone
Yutaka Oya: synth, piano
Maarten Buyl: electronics
Serge Verstockt: composer
vrijwilligers: musicians in the hall
Dominik Boiy: soundtechnician
Pauline Jocqué: production