Heiner Goebbels’ Walden
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Thu 8 Jan 202620:15 - 21:25Grote Zaal
Program
19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 / Pre-concert talk
By Thea Derks
20.15 uur / Grote Zaal / Main program
Heiner Goebbels Walden
Credits
Ensemble Klang
Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Keir Neuringer spoken word
Walden by Heiner Goebbels, the enfant terrible of German music theatre, draws inspiration from the philosophies of American writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau, who lived in the 19th century, was a forerunner of today’s environmental movement and the concept of civil disobedience. Through Keir Neuringer’s spoken word, Thoreau’s visionary writings gain a new level of urgency.
In his Walden, Goebbels creates nine ‘environments’: nine sound worlds like the rustling forests where Thoreau sought solitude. In the roughly hour-long work, Ensemble Klang and Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop evoke different sound worlds with specially built instruments such as a 'steel cello' and bow chimes which resonate their sound through sheets of steel.
‘I have been waiting for such an effective and creative adaption of my Walden for 10 years. Ensemble Klang made it!’ - Heiner Goebbels
“Scintillating” (Het Parool)
Programme booklet (Dutch)
This production has been made possible with the support of the Goethe-Institut and the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
