Simon Løffler
Simon Løffler's Animalia will be performed on 20 September by Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen, Jennifer Torrence, Inga Margrete Aas and the composer himself.
The Animalia cycle consist currently of eight investigations into ways to be informed by musical traces from non-human creatures. Ways of moving, ways to extend our body, ways of interacting are assimilated into musical practice.
The music has arisen through an extended collaboration between the composer and the performers, and on 21 September, there is a chance to meet the composer and performers, to hear more about the work.
Bára Gísladóttir
On 21 September Riot Ensemble performs Bára Gísladóttir's Animals of your pasture. The composer describes some of the thoughts behind the work:
"Animals of your pasture is based on the thought of all kinds of animals existing together in a flock that functions as an organism on its own. The piece plays with the idea of following this flock from various angles and views (close up, extreme long shot, in focus, out of focus, in fragments, slow motion, fast forwards, through different textural filters, etc.) on various occasions (running over endless miles of prairies, fighting, dancing, napping, singing, etc.) This concept is intertwined with an unclear thought where wild chaos is allowed to be wild chaos, with no parts stepping in to take or gain control, with no attempts to structure or systemise something that just is."
66th Warsaw Autumn
The theme of the 66th Warsaw Autumn Festival is “Resounding Things”, which brings together sound and musical installations, soundscapes and buildings filled with shapes and sounds. Classical instruments and ensembles shall be juxtaposed with new constructions, and composers and performers will treat all of the above as resounding objects. The festival will be presenting less narrative music and more swathes of sound with a rich inner life—to coexist with or walk in their surroundings.