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Post-Beethoven Fest in Berlin and on-line: Beethoven, new music, Kraftwerk, Boards of Canada and more
stargaze (Photo Maarit Kytoeharju) Beethoven 250 was a somewhat quieter celebration that many ensembles intended and to remedy this, Beethoven 251 has become a cause to celebrate both Beethoven and live music. In Berlin, Andre de Ridder and his stargaze ensemble are presenting a weekender at the Volksbühne in Berlin on 10 and 11 June 2021, which will be live-streamed. The focus of the event is Beethoven and his legacy today. There will be premieres of music by Sarah Nemtsov, Nicole Lizée, Matthew Herbert and Aart Strootman based on music and ideas from Beethoven's symphonies alongside works by Stockhausen and Friedrich Nietzsche. Performers include stargaze alongside Holger Hiller (from Palais Schaumburg), Boards of Canada and Kraftwerk, plus dancers Latisha Sparks, Zen Jefferson and Miriam Arnold, and Hamburg new-wave band 1000 Robota. stargaze will perform their project based on Boards of Canada’s album Hi Scores for the first time in […]
2018-02-28 17:10:36
The two bands joined forces to perform music inspired by global cataclysms
2017-12-06 19:12:00
The original breakup album - by Schumann
Schumann Street: love, loss, recoveryPhoto: Spitalfields Music If you're heading east in London this weekend, don't miss a whole streetful of Schumann and Schumann-derived songs. Spitalfields Music's Festival, which is on now, spans everything from glorious Monteverdi through to the present day, with Anna Thorvaldsdottir as featured composer. But it has an unusual feature based on our Robert's best-loved song-cycle, Dichterliebe.You know those street parties where you go from house to house and have a different course of a meal at each one? This is the Lieder equivalent and more - with numerous surprise flavours. Bengali folk, rap, jazz and soul all feature in reinterpretations of Schumann and Heine's journey through love, loss and recovery, situated in the Huguenot houses of the Spitalfields district: as the festival puts it, "16 songs, 16 rooms, 1000 journeys".The festival's artistic director, the conductor André de Ridder, told me all about it the other […]
2016-07-30 02:14:15
Conductor André de Ridder presents a reworking of David Bowie’s hits across the decades with a range of guestsSix months and three weeks after David Bowie died, musicians still feel compelled to give their tributes, to sing those songs that shaped their lives. It was almost unsurprising when the Bowie prom was announced, promising Bowie with a twist – but who really wants Bowie with a twist? Bowie was the twist: the wayward Bromley boy who turned himself into a peculiar pop art project, perfectly. Bowie generally treated reverence with contempt, too: he’d probably have shivered at the idea of a night like tonight. Before the gig, though, signs look promising. Berlin-based conductor André de Ridder is the evening’s curator and director, and has reworked music by other, younger wayward musicians like Deerhoof and Efterklang with his experimental collective, stargaze (who are centre stage tonight). Continue reading...
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