a composers' collective
Friday, January 4, 20:00
Christianskirche am Klopstockplatz
Hamburg Altona
We will play in a concert for our late friend and furtherer Milo Lohse who died last year. Milo was the founder and organizer of the concert series „Forum Neue Musik“ in the Christianskirche. We miss him!
Also participating are Frauke Aulbert, Eva Maria Houben, Daria Iossifova, Heinz Erich Gödicke, Thomas Niese and TonArt Ensemble.
We will play Criss-Cross (2013) for two electric guitars by Alvin Lucier.
We are happy to announce that we invited our good friends from Scordatura ensemble (Amsterdam) to perform their new Harry Partch programme Rose Petal Jam at this year’s Blurred Edges festival!
Save the date: June 7, 2017, 20:00, at the Christianskirche in Hamburg-Ottensen.
More later. In the meantime have a look at their webpage for some info about this great project.
Another Blurred Edges festival comes around and we will play at our old cherished venue, the Christianskirche, on Wednesday, June 8, 20:00
We are happy to have our old friends and colleagues Matthieu Philippe De l‘Isle and Adrien Kanter, a. k. a. eddie135 from Paris with us, as well as original Nelly Moxi Beidenegl, and we commissioned new pieces from them. The programme so far:
eddie135: Oscillations in space
Composition for cello, 2 oscillators, 2 guitars, and computer
Continental drift, winds, tides and migratory movements
Moxi Beidenegl: L´eterna avventura
Guitars, piano, contact microphones, voices
Jan Feddersen: (N. N.)
5 electric guitars
Robert Engelbrecht: Notturno
voice, tape, instruments
In addition we will perform some unpublished songs by Christian Wolff and maybe other things, too. More info soon!
It should be an extended evening. Come and drift.
blurred edges 2016 wird gefördert von der Kulturbehörde der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg und der Hamburgischen Kulturstiftung
as part of the Blurred Edges festival
May 7, 8 PM
Christianskirche, Hamburg, Germany
We will play a programme with new pieces by us. We are also honoured to present the premiere of a new composition by Matthias Kaul.
Peter Imig: Prometheus for three string instruments and tape (2013) – a re-arrangement of the piece premiered at the opening night of this year’s klub katarakt festival.
Jan Feddersen: 3 Strings No. 2 for bowed electric guitar, cello, double bass (2013) – premiere!
Robert Engelbrecht: A la mémoire de Mascha for three electric guitars with e-bows (2002/2013) – an old piece, now played for the first time in its originally intended form
Matthias Kaul: do nothing, just wait, the singing will start… sooner or later for cymbals and electric toothbrushs (2012) – premiere!
Should become a very spacey concert again.
released 2011 on Edition RZ
including Nelly Boyd’s version of For 1, 2 or 3 People. It was recorded at our Tribute to Christian Wolff concert in the Christianskirche during the Blurred Edges festival 2008, played by our late friend Jens Röhm, together with Robert Engelbrecht and Jan Feddersen. The composer was present. Other performers on the CD include people like David Tudor, Frederic Rzweski etc.
released 2009 on Touch
including One Large Rose, a 46-minute long piece written for us which we recorded with Phill in the Christianskirche in Hamburg in May 2008. Other tracks are Poure (Arne Deforce, cello) and Stosspeng (Susan Stenger and Robert Poss, guitars)
Dec 19, 8 PM
Christianskirche
Hamburg, Germany
Third in a series of concerts for the 100th birthday of John Cage, Nelly Boyd will play works which deal with the topic of nature in different ways. On the programme:
„Branches“, „Inlets“ and „Four3“.
With special guest Matthias Kaul.
With support by Kulturbehörde Hamburg.