Wim Henderickx (photo Filip Van Roe)

Inner Life

HERMESensemble + Music Theatre Transparant
Thu 16 Jan 2025 19:30 - 20:30
Thu 16 Jan 2025
19:30 - 20:30
  • Thu 16 Jan 2025
    19:30 - 20:30
    Externe locatie
    Past event

Program

Wim Henderickx Inner Life

Credits

HERMESensemble
Nemø Ensemble
Studenten van het Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Muziektheater Transparant
Diederik Glorieux musical direction
Bart Celis sound design 
Jorrit Tamminga soundscape
Kevin Voets dramaturgy
Marcel Sijm stage direction

Wim Henderickx’s last work: an artistic happening throughout the building 


NOTE This concert was originally scheduled in the Grote Zaal of the Muziekgebouw, but has been moved to the Theaterzaal of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Oosterdokskade 151. Start time: 19:30. Ticket buyers will be notified as soon as possible.



The last work of composer Wim Henderickx (1962-2022) is both a composition and a recipe for musical experimentation. When Henderickx died suddenly in 2022, he was still working on it. Part of the score is meticulously detailed, while other sections are left open-ended, with graphically scored fragments. The entire piece functions as a musical laboratory, designed to be reinterpreted and brought to life anew with each performance. In this performance by the HERMESensemble, Nemø Ensemble and conservatory students, the audience get an interactive experience of the different chapters of Inner Life.

An omnivorous interest in folk culture, electronics and the classical Western music tradition characterises Wim Henderickx. This is clearly reflected in Inner Life, which comprises seven chapters. Each chapter has a duration that is a multiple of seven minutes and is intended for a basic ensemble of seven players. Some passages are open to additional interpretations and give the performers creative freedom. The result is an exciting and fascinating happening. 

‘Inner Life is a composition, an alchemical formula – or a play, a recipe for an artistic experiment in which all possible musical personalities and groups can participate.’ – Music Theatre Transparant

This concert was originally scheduled in the Grote Zaal of the Muziekgebouw, but has been moved to the Theaterzaal of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Oosterdokskade 130. Ticket buyers will be notified as soon as possible.