Posts Tagged ‘Radialsystem’
Friday, December 13th, 2013
By Rebecca Schmid Vocal music, in all its forms of expression and social relevance, was the subject of a Radiale Vokalnacht at the Radialsystem on Dec.7. It was an opportunity to catch the vocalist-instrumentalist-composer Shara Worden, otherwise known as My Brightest Diamond, who performed with drummer Earl Harvin and accompaniment from BerlinJazzVocals. After the a […]
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Tags: BerlinJazzVocals, Boaz Avni, Carmina Slovenica, Earl Harvin, Kiezoper Berlin, Laura Berman, My Brightest Diamond, Pecha Kucha, Radialsystem, Shara Worden
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Friday, July 20th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid In an age of pervasive digital technology and avatars, it was only a matter of time before virtual experience infiltrated the concert hall. No handmade reeds, no tailcoats. Instead, over 70 synthesized speakers encircling the audience. The Berlin-based ensemble phase7, for a new production of Morton Feldman’s opera Neither, has replaced the […]
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Tags: A l'Arme!, avant-garde jazz, Die Tote Stadt, Eir Inderhaug, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, free jazz, John Coltrane, Ken Vandermark, Korngold, Kreuzberg, Louis Rastig, Morton Feldman, Neither, Neneh Cherry, Okkyung Lee, Ornette Coleman, Peter Brötzmann, Peter Evans, phase 7, Radialsystem, Rome Opera, Samuel Beckett, Sarah Leonard, Schiller Theater, Sun Ra, Sydney Opera House, The Cherry Thing, The Fifth Element, The Thing, University of Potsdam
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Friday, June 15th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid The motto of this year’s Bachfest Leipzig, “…ein neues Lied” (a new song), could not be a more fitting choice to honor J.S. Bach’s legacy in the city where he spent his final 27 years as cantor. Upon arriving in 1723, he set out to write a cantata every week, enlisting as scribes […]
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Tags: Alisa Weilerstein, An den Wind, Andreas Richter, Ascension Oratorio, Astrud Gilberto, Aventis, Bachfest Leipzig, Christian Lehnert, Christoph Biller, Colin Jacobsen, Der Geist hilft under Schwachheit auf, DJ Georg Conrad, Gewandhaus Orchestra, Hans Werner Henze, Heinz Holliger and Krzysztof Penderecki, J.S. Bach, Jochen Sandig, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Martin Lattke, Pablo Heras-Casado, Phaedra, Radialsystem, Rondeau Productions, Sasha Waltz, Shostakovich, St. Thomas Boys Choir, St. Thomas Church, St.-Thomas-Ostermusik, Stalin
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