Concerts
VOICE SISTAS, Fr. 8:00 p.m.
Three singers who experiment back and forth between groove and lyrical freedom. They sound out the limits of their vocal expressiveness and in this way create songs, sound collages and abstract sound structures. Sometimes humorous, sometimes lyrical, sometimes groovy and then again completely free in the metre. The music of the Voice Sistas is pure live music and due to its stylistic breadth it is good for many, many surprises.
MARKUS PRIETH yodelling improvisation, Fr. 8:00 p.m.
Markus Prieth turns all expectations of yodelling upside down in a crazy way. The South Tyrolean vocal musician offers modern yodeli improvisation at its best. He is interested in making sonic contact with people. On his website he writes that yodelling is simple and brilliant. When Markus Prieth yodels, then "brilliant" is certainly the more accurate description.
SONGS OF THE MOMENT, Fr. 8:00 p.m.
"Songs of the Moment", that is seven top-class singers* from the ensembles of The Real Group (S), Rajaton (FIN), Zap Mama (B) and the former Vox North (DK). They improvise so masterfully that you don't even notice it. But what stands out all the more: unique sound art, touching voices, perfect vocal technique. A dream team of professional a cappella singers*. –
JOHANNA SEILER & IMPRO PUR!, Sat. 8.00 p.m.
Within the framework of this project, Johanna Seiler brings improvisational performances to the stage in various ensemble formations from duo to quintet, sometimes a cappella, sometimes with instruments and dance.
MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN, VOCAL ORCHESTRA NRW AND CHOIR Sa. 20.00 h
Markus Stockhausen will perform his commissioned composition "Ein neuer Atem", an interactive piece for a 30-piece vocal ensemble. The ensemble consists of equal numbers of professionals and amateurs and is additionally accompanied by instrumentalists. With the title "A new breath" Markus Stockhausen quotes his father, the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, who died in 2007 with the words "I feel a new breath". Markus Stockhausen is about authenticity, about a true expression of sound, open and sensitive, about making music with antennas for inspiration. The space and the audience are included singing, sounding, swinging.
CHRISTIAN PADBERG, Sun. 2:00 p.m.
"Dad's Phonkey" is a solo project of singer Christian Padberg, which could be described as "a cappella-with-itself". Using only the means of voice and loop machine, he develops polyphonic songs or sound structures that are completely improvised and irretrievable. He babbles, grooves, shreds, languishes, doubles and triples. The voice imitates instruments or produces multilingual dummy gibberish according to the motto "the text only disturbs freedom". Dad's Phonkey stands for the dirty instead of the clean sound, for originality instead of cover version, for improvisation instead of composition ... in short: for musical freedom.
POP-UP, Sun. 2:45 p.m.
The German-Dutch-Italian trio, with Rahel Comtesse, Kees Kool and Roberto Demo, improvises from the moment, tells stories sonorously and brings a lot of movement into the game. Their unmistakable performance is characterised by acting, musical ingenuity and the imitation of instrument sounds. It is possible, however, that the pop-up musicians will come up with completely different ideas, ones that nobody could have foreseen before. Then they would have fulfilled their promise brilliantly.
CIRCLESING & OPEN STAGE, Sun. about 3:30 p.m.
Improvocals push for performance. This is the nature of this stand-up singing technique. You sing in a group and alternate between listening and singing. Each improvisation is therefore a small concert. Then why not just get up on stage and get going?
CLOSING THE CIRCLE, Sun. about 3:45 p.m.
The last chance: the grand finale, where everyone can express themselves musically once again. How it begins or ends is not known until it is already over. That is why we are not announcing anything else at this point but: You just have to be there.