unter tage |
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instrumentation:
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2 fl, ob, cl, b-cl, bsn, hr, 2 tr, 2 tbn, tub, 3 perc, 2 vl, vla, vcl, 1 dancer |
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duration:
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52' |
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premiere:
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02.02.1999, Cologne, Philharmonie |
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played by:
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Helen Bledsoe, Camilla Hoitenga, Anja Miriam Schmiel, John Corbett, Frank Gratkowski, Alban Wesly, Jan Babinec, Marco Blaauw, Achim Gorsch John Kenny, Ivo Nilsson, Melvyn Poore, Thomas Meixner, Thomas Oesterdiekhoff, Dirk Rothbrust, Clemens Merkel, Joanna Becker, Vincent Royer, Gregory Johns, Ralf Harster. Leitung: Jonathan Stockhammer |
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other:
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Commissioned by KölnMusik (Philharmonie) |
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description:
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The title "Unter Tage" (= underground like in coal mining) relates to the underground location of the Philharmonie, to the relationship between musicians and conductor and to the un(der)- conscious perception of the audience. As unusual as the sound-event is the empty stage at the beginning: 17 musicians sit distributed amoung the audience, 2 trombone-players walk around and behind the conductor mimes the dancer Ralf Harster a bizarre orchestra-stage- assistent |
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