26-06-2023
Berlin, Germany
The Choral Beach Project
Two choirs and live electronics on a summer evening at Strandbad Plötzensee Berlin: Ukrainian vocal ensemble Alter Ratio from Kyiv, the legendary Gebrüder Teichmann and the girls' choir of Sing-Akademie zu Berlin will transform the beach into a soundscape. With music by contemporary Ukrainian composers, songs from German Romanticism, improvisations from the Greek island of Chios.
On the shore of Plötzensee, the choirs invite the audience to immerse into the beauty of nature, but also not to forget what is happening on so many other beaches in the world, in Odessa or on the island of Chios, where one of Europe's largest refugee camps is situated.
PROGRAMM
Epicycle-Continuum I — Improvsation nach Jani Christou
The gradual reconstruction of a musical event
— Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Fire — Katerina Gimon
In these delightful pleasant groves — Henry Purcell
Es saß ein klein wild Vögelein — deutsches Volkslied
Panda Chant II — Meredith Monk
Earth Seen from Above — Meredith Monk
Vocerumori — Anna Korsun (Ukraine)
Singing Mountain — Vita Poleva (Ukraine)
Other Worlds Revealed — Meredith Monk
Epicycle-Continuum II — Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Meerfey — Robert Schumann
Der Wassermann — Robert Schumann
Ora Kali — Michael Adamis
Evening Rise — Traditional
Epicycle-Continuum III — Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Musical direction:
Friederike Stahmer & Olga Prykhodko
Director / Dramaturgy:
Christian Filips
Two choirs and live electronics on a summer evening at Strandbad Plötzensee Berlin: Ukrainian vocal ensemble Alter Ratio from Kyiv, the legendary Gebrüder Teichmann and the girls' choir of Sing-Akademie zu Berlin will transform the beach into a soundscape. With music by contemporary Ukrainian composers, songs from German Romanticism, improvisations from the Greek island of Chios.
On the shore of Plötzensee, the choirs invite the audience to immerse into the beauty of nature, but also not to forget what is happening on so many other beaches in the world, in Odessa or on the island of Chios, where one of Europe's largest refugee camps is situated.
PROGRAMM
Epicycle-Continuum I — Improvsation nach Jani Christou
The gradual reconstruction of a musical event
— Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Fire — Katerina Gimon
In these delightful pleasant groves — Henry Purcell
Es saß ein klein wild Vögelein — deutsches Volkslied
Panda Chant II — Meredith Monk
Earth Seen from Above — Meredith Monk
Vocerumori — Anna Korsun (Ukraine)
Singing Mountain — Vita Poleva (Ukraine)
Other Worlds Revealed — Meredith Monk
Epicycle-Continuum II — Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Meerfey — Robert Schumann
Der Wassermann — Robert Schumann
Ora Kali — Michael Adamis
Evening Rise — Traditional
Epicycle-Continuum III — Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Musical direction:
Friederike Stahmer & Olga Prykhodko
Director / Dramaturgy:
Christian Filips
Supported by:
Chorverband Berlin e.V