Mr. Zorn is a towering pillar of a new-music universe he has worked tirelessly to foster and enrich. The New York Times
Louth Contemporary Music Society celebrates the first Irish visit of New York based iconic composer and instrumentalist John Zorn in a mini-festival entitled John Zorn The Holy Visions on 4 and 5 October 2012.The Holy Visions features three performances including two world premieres of Zorn’s music.
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Drawing on his experience in a variety of genres including jazz, rock, classical, klezmer, film, cartoon, popular and improvised music, John Zorn has created an influential body of work that defies academic categories.
I have ever been the kind of composer who can write on demand, nor one who writes daily as a matter of course. Composing for me is a sacred trust, a journey into the unknown, a mystical experience-not a job-… The time frame is often long, but the decision to actually put pen to paper is always spontaneous and mysteriously unexplainable.John Zorn
At 8pm on Friday 5 October 2012, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart will perform an astonishingly beautiful new Zorn vocal work The Holy Visions —a mystery play in eleven strophes — concerning the life, work and philosophy of Hildegard von Bingen for five female voices (2012) in St.Nicholas’ Church of Ireland Dundalk.
The EQ Ensemble conducted by Gavin Moloney will open Friday’s concert with a world premiere performance of Zorn’s work Missa Sine Voces (2012),a beautiful instrumental miniature for five players written in the form of a Requiem Mass.
Listing Information
The Holy Visions
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
EQ Ensemble
8pm on Friday 5 October 2012
St. Nicholas Church of Ireland Dundalk
Tickets €20/Concessions €15
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Programme
John Zorn (b. 1953)
Missa Sine Voces ( World Premiere Performance)
Performed by EQ Ensemble
Elisaveta Blumina Piano
Cliona Doris Harp
Malcolm Neale Chimes
Alex Petcu Vibes
Nick Brown Percussion
John Zorn ( b. 1953)
Frammenti Del Sappho
Performed by Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Sarah Maria Sun, soprano
Susanne Leitz-Lorey, soprano
Angelika Lenter, soprano
Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano
Sabine Czinczel, contralto
Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179)
Symphonia virginum: O dulcissime amato
De Sancta Maria: O viridissima virga
De Sancta Maria: Hodie aperuit nobis
Performed by Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Sarah Maria Sun, soprano
Susanne Leitz-Lorey, soprano
Angelika Lenter, soprano
Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano
Sabine Czinczel, contralto
John Zorn ( b. 1953)
The Holy Visions (World Premiere Performance)
Performed by Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Sarah Maria Sun, soprano
Susanne Leitz-Lorey, soprano
Angelika Lenter, soprano
Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano
Sabine Czinczel, contralto
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
They are researchers, discoverers, adventurers and idealists. Their partners are specialist ensembles and radio orchestras, opera houses and the free theater scene, electronic studios and countless organizers of contemporary music festivals and concert series in the world.
The Neue Vocalsolisten established as an ensemble specializing in the interpretation of contemporary vocal music in 1984. Founded under the artistic management of Musik der Jahrhunderte, the vocal chamber ensemble has been artistically independent since the year 2000. Each of the seven concert and opera soloists, with a collective range reaching from coloratura soprano over countertenor to “basso profondo”, shapes the work on chamber music and the co-operation with the composers and other interpreters through his/her distinguished artistic creativity.
According to the musical requirements a pool of specialist singers complements the basic team. The ensemble’s chief interest lies on research: exploring new sounds, new vocal techniques and new forms of articulation, whereby great emphasis is placed on establishing a dialogue with composers. Each year, the ensemble premiers about twenty new works. Central to the group’s artistic concept are the areas of music theater and the interdisciplinary work with electronics, video, visual arts and literature, as well as the juxtaposition of contrasting elements found in ancient and contemporary music.
