Meeting Places – discovering everyday's sounds

Date / Place

22 September 2019 Freizeithaus Allschwil

Series

education project

Title

Meeting Places – discovering everyday’s sounds

Program

Pupils of the elementary school Allschwil “etudes for tape” (2019, WP) Edgar Varèse (1883–1965) “Density 21.5” for flute solo (1936) – 4’ Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) “Quatuor pour la fin du temps”: III. “Abîme des oiseaux” for clarinet solo (1940–1941) – 7’ “Des canyons aux étoiles ...”: VI. “Appel interstellaire” for french horn solo (1971) – 5’ Béla Bartók (1881–1945) “Sonate” for violin solo: III. “Melodia” Sz 117 (1944) – 4’ Thomas Lauck (*1943) “Musik zu meinem Stillleben (In Memoriam Giorgio Morandi)” for a percussionist with Ukulele and organ pipe (2011) – 15’

Musicians

Christoph Bösch: flute
Toshiko Sakakibara: clarinet
Aurélien Tschopp: horn
Friedemann Treiber: violin
Daniel Stalder: percussion

Program description

Experimental tape music in the classroom: Pupils of two primary school classes in Allschwil were together with musicians of EPhB on the hunt for sounds and recorded their findings on tape. Framed by several solo pieces, interpreted by musicians of the EPhB, the eight small sound etudes, which the students composed in groups, were performed in the concert.

Workshops:
Sebastian Meyer – artistic and pedagogical direction
anne Jakobsson, Aleksander Gabrys, Francisco Olmedo, Lukas Rickli, Daniel Stalder – workshops support
Arev Imer, Christof Stürchler – audio design

Pupils of class 5h of the elementary school Allschwil with the teachers Géraldine Meier, Susanne Bitterli
Pupils of class 5f of the elementary school Allschwil with the teachers Brita Fuhrmann, Simone Salathé

Coproduction with ZeitRäume Basel