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Music Theater 2 - Ensemble ascolta

KKL Luzern, Südpol, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Saturday 14 September 2019
4 PM
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Lucerne, Switzerland
Starts at: 16:00
Duration:

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Programme
Music Theater 2 - Ensemble ascolta
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Ödön Pártos: Concertino for String Orchestra
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes Galantes: suite
Helmut Lachenmann : Mouvement
Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op.16
Helmut Lachenmann : Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)
Overview

Martin Smolka 
Vor dem Gesetz (“Before the Law”) 
for speaking musicians with side instruments Libretto by Jiří Adámek, based on texts by Franz Kafka
Swiss premiere

A production of Ensemble ascolta, LUCERNE FESTIVAL, and WDR/Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik

No videos, no additional actors or narrator: only the seven musicians from Ensemble ascolta are onstage. In close cooperation with them, the Czech composer Martin Smolka and his compatriot, librettist and director Jiří Adámek, have developed a stage format that is situated between concert, theater, and instrumental opera. Their aim is to bring about a “deeper encounter between language and music” through a reduction in external trappings, to understand “music as speech” and “speech as music.” As Smolka explains: “Members of Ensemble ascolta not only play their instruments, but speak, sing (and a lot in between), and play various side instruments. Some of the texts will sound, others are hidden in the specific concretion of musical and theatrical elements. Let us ask, like John Cage: ‘Is the word “music” music?’” In order to keep big, abstract ideas from being imposed on the sounds through language, Smolka and Adámek chose texts by Franz Kafka, a master of precise observation and concrete metaphor.

Ivana Kanhauser - lighting 

Jiří Adámek - staging and sets 

Venue Info

KKL Luzern - Lucerne
Location   Europaplatz 1

KKL Luzern’s spectacular architecture designed by Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel and the quality of its facilities set this venue apart from more traditional culture and convention centres. Its trade-mark is the common theme of culture, conferences and culinary choices – the complete experience orchestrated under the famous roof. The building is situated in the heart of Switzerland, only one hour by train from Zurich Airport, within walking distance of Lucerne’s finest hotels and a few sheltered steps from the international railway station. It is the perfect venue for your next premium event, such as product launches, anniversary celebrations and award ceremonies, high-profile meetings, receptions and banquets.

Concert Hall
The showpiece of the KKL Luzern is its renowned Concert Hall with 1,898 seats and acoustics that provide incredible sound and inspire the world’s leading conductors, orchestras and soloists to perform at their best.

Conventions
The outstanding Concert Hall with its multifunctional usage, is also an exciting possibility for conventions. A wide screen is hidden above the stage and may be lowered for awards, product presentations and other events. Interpreting booths and excellent infrastructure are at hand for a most memorable convention or meeting or live television broadcast.

Two water canals frame the Lucerne Hall, a venue that is also unique in its adaptability and convertible for 200 up to 1,800 guests. It can be used for a variety of settings including product presentations, congresses, concerts and banquets. With its appropriate audiovisual facilities, variable height staging and mobile rostrum, all combined with the deliberately simple design of the hall, the organizer will find creative freedom to style the event.

The Auditorium for up to 271 listeners, too, is equipped with state-of-the-art congress installations and, like the Lucerne Hall, provides an attractive setting for conferences. Event organizers are also increasingly discovering the Crystal Lounge, the attractive meeting point in the KKL Luzern. It boasts an oval-shaped bar that can be moved around the space, allowing for maximum flexibility and turning the lounge into a premier events venue.

Culinary experiences
The cuisine facilities of the KKL Luzern offer organizers and guests all kinds of catering options and total culinary experiences. Packages and offers – such as refreshing time-outs, cocktail receptions for networking, stand-up lunches, seated dinners or exclusive lounge experiences – can be tailored to the organizer’s specific needs.

Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Lucerne, Switzerland
Starts at: 16:00
Duration:
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