Shelter
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Thu 18 Dec 202520:15 - 22:00Grote Zaal
1 Normaal € 45,00 CJP € 36,00 Stadspas € 36,00 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50 2 Normaal € 36,00 CJP € 36,00 Stadspas € 36,00 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50
Program
19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 / Pre-concert talk
By Huib Ramaer
20.15 / Grote Zaal / Main program
Michael Gordon/David Lang/Julia Wolfe Shelter
Credits
Het Muziek
Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg conductor
Johannes Offerhaus (Studio Boris Acket) scenographer
In a time of social and political unrest, Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg) and artist Johannes Offerhaus explore the meaning of protection. The 2005 oratorio Shelter, written for three sopranos and large ensemble, is a collaboration between American Bang on a Can composers Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe. The text is by Deborah Artman, who has written for them on several occasions.
For this new production, visual artist Johannes Offerhaus creates a kinetic installation that literally moves with the ensemble. His textile sculpture (growing, shrinking, breathing) is like a body that encloses us and then releases us. A temporary refuge that protects as often as it questions. His work amplifies the sensory experience in which space, skin, and music become one; in which shelter is something that arises, disappears, and must be sought again.
