Kammer-Spiele

They are researchers, explorers, adventurers and idealists. And they are world class. For 25 years, the Neuen Vocalsolisten have been the chamber ensemble for experimental vocal music. They work intensively with composers from all over the world, undertake artistic excursions into a wide variety of disciplines and musical cultures, and combine curiosity, a love of experimentation and virtuosity with a great desire to perform.

It is not uncommon for chamber music works to give rise to veritable miniature dramas. This is also the case in this programme: in a fast-paced narrative, Oscar Bianchi, inspired by David Foster Wallace's «Infinite Jest», explores the reasons that prevent humanity from self-knowledge. Fernando Manassero questions the Golden Age of Leisure – is everything really golden when robots take over all the work? And Elena Rykova exposes manipulative powers with Yoko Ogawa's «The Island of Lost Memories». But memories are much more tenacious than one might think, just like the hearts that carry them.

With

Johanna Vargas, Susanne Leitz-Lorey (Soprano); Helena Sorokina (Mezzosoprano); Martin Nagy (Tenor); Guillermo Anzorena (Bariton); Andreas Fischer (Bass)

Program

Oscar Bianchi (*1975): «Ante Litteram» (2012/13) for six voices a cappella

Elena Rykova (*1991): «a hollow heart full of holes» (2024/25, WP) for five voices and electronics

Thomas Kessler (1937–2024): «Voice Control» (1994) for three voices and live electronics

Anna Sowa (*1987): Neues Werk (2025, WP) for voices

Fernando Manassero (*1984): «The slow cancellation of the future» (2024, WP) for six voices and electronics

Info

Recommended age: Suitable for ages 12 and up

Duration

60 minutes, no break

Links

→ neuevocalsolisten.de