Ensemble Echolume (CH) · Nefelibata New Music Collective (NL)

What does the moment between transience and persistence sound like? We explore the delicate boundary between movement and stillness, between forgetting and memory. The program spans from subtle tonal nuances to expressive density.

Works by Rebecca Saunders, Kaija Saariaho, Dieter Ammann, and Wolfgang Rihm meet Swiss premieres by Vykintas Baltakas, Ethan Blackburn, and Kyohei Sugihara. With an unconventional instrumentation, Ensemble Echolume (CH)and Nefelibata New Music Collective (NL) create a fascinating sonic universe.

Program:
Rebecca Saunders Bite
Kaija Saariaho Nocturne
Dieter Ammann d'accords(s)
Ethan Blackburn Disquiet (Swiss Premiere)
Kyohei Sugihara Viewing Clouds at the seaside (Swiss Premiere)
Vykintas Baltakas Smokey Arnold (Swiss Premiere)
Wolfgang Rihm Nature Morte – Still Alive (Swiss Premiere)

Performers:
João Viana – Flute
Ksenija Franeta – Bass Flute
Ramona Anna Baumann – Clarinet
Paula Soriano Ibáñez, María Luisa Cuenca Arráez, Jorge Gomez Josa – Alto Saxophone
Marina Mielgo – Horn
Hon Ning Cheung – Chromatic Harmonica
Ethan Blackburn, Mónica López Candela, Antonia Elin Fischer – Piano
Paula Vicente Romero – Harp
Pedro Borges Ferreira – Percussion
Maryia Bazhkova, Irene Ballesteros, Regula Scherrer, Ljuba Šumilina, Ioanna Bultadaki – Violin
Isabel Dietrich, Pia Madleina Voss, Samia Moussavi – Viola
Pirii Pimentel Rodrigues, Hleb Sidoruk, Margherita Succio – Cello
Nils Juijn – Double Bass

Conductor: Hon Ning Cheung

Free admission – Donations welcome