Nadar Ensemble & Bernhard Lang

Vox angeli

chamber music

Thu 30 May 2019 -20.00

Angel Room

introduction by Klaas Coulembier	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	21.50

All prices include booking fees.

This new composition for the Angel Room nods to the past

In the Angel Room, an electric guitar transforms into a modern-day lute. From there, the work fans out to every part of the building. As in the earliest music, the (angelic) voice is the start of everything. For Bernhard Lang, who has a history as a jazz and rock musician, the angel is at the heart of an expanding musical mesh, in which past and present intertwine. But no angels without demons: as well as snippets of Palestrina, audio samples from porn films come peeping around the corner.

programme

Bernhard Lang
HERMETIKA IX ‘vox angeli II’ (world premiere, commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge)

performers

Nadar ensemble:
Marieke Berendsen: violin
Katrien Gaelens: flute
Wannes Gonnissen: sound
Pieter Matthynssens: artistic direction, sampler
Elisa Medinilla: keyboard
Els Mondelaers: mezzo-soprano
Thomas Moore: production management, trombone
Stefan Prins: artistic direction
Seraphine Stragier: cello
Dries Tack: clarinet
Kobe Van Cauwenberghe: electric guitar
Rebecca Diependaele: business management