26.01.24
19:30 - 22:00Kühlhaus Berlin, KUBUS
Luckenwalder Strasse 3, 10963 Berlin – U-Bhf. Gleisdreieck
Admission from 18:30
Martina Gedeck, actress
FortVio with Orchestra
Luciano Berio: Sequenza VIIb for soprano saxophone
Vykintas Baltakas: Pasaka / Fairy-tale for piano and electronic
Ursula Mamlok: Rückblick for soprano saxophone and piano
I – Hurried; II – Elegy; III – With energy; IV – Lament. Mournful
Antonin Dvorak: Piano trio no. 4 Dumky, op. 90
Samir Amarouch (*1991): Collisions A / B (World premiere)
for piano, wurlitzer, accordion, electronics & 3 dancers
Litauische Akademie für Musik & Theater Vilnius
Paula Bagotyriūtė, piano
Ryhor Kharaneka, saxophone
The ‘dumka’ has its roots in Ukrainian folk music and has spread widely in Poland and Russia. The “dumka“ is originally a lament, performed in the style of a narrative ballad. In the 19th century, the “dumka“ was repeatedly incorporated into art music, whereby some of the original elements were lost. Its widespread use in the Eastern European Slavic region is not least the result of national tendencies to make independent ethnic and national identities recognisable from folk music and its integration into modern forms of expression.
Antonin Dvorak has repeatedly incorporated “Dumkas“ into his works since 1876. With the Piano Trio op. 90 in E minor, written in 1890, he composed his most successful composition of this kind, his “most original and Slavic chamber music work“, with which he also liberated himself from the Europe-wide dominance of German classical form. Not completely! For the form of the 6-movement trio does indeed reveal a subcutaneous classical flavour. However, Dvorak's “Dumky“ Trio is dominated by a different principle of formal organisation, namely the combination of melancholy, lamentation on the one hand and fast dance on the other, in other words the alternation of moods and gestural modes of expression. And according to the composer, his music should always be entertaining. As a result, Dvorak was preferably regarded and categorised as an unintelligent musician, which the composer Leos Janacek vehemently contradicted: “Dvorak thought in tones“.
He was an artist who had travelled the world and yet, in his own words, remained what he saw himself as: “what he is - a simple Czech musician“. And who, by playing a “dumka“ from the Ukraine, committed himself to a Slavic culture with his music.
Kühlhaus facade
Kubus
The Kühlhaus Berlin is an industrial monument located in the heart of Berlin in the immediate vicinity of Potsdamer Platz, right next to the Technical Museum Berlin. Built at the turn of the century in 1900, it is now a universal cultural centre that hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year, from readings and concerts to fashion fairs and food markets. The Kühlhaus, with its 6 floors and the Kubus in the middle, provides the ideal setting for our festival and a place where experimentation and reflection are virtually forced upon us. The Kubus makes a wide variety of event formats possible; the musicians can play from hidden galleries, position themselves in the middle like at a boxing match or perform over several floors.
Into the Open (ITO) is the music festival of the new generation. It connects - across national borders and genres. It brings together people who love classical music and want to experience it in a new way. And it connects different art forms. Outstanding young musicians from all over the world present classical music together with artists from other genres such as dance, theatre or visual arts. The result is a unique experience...!
Further information on the 2024 festival program can be found here: Visions - 2024
