Ensemble Resonanz: Constructing Nature

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6.45 pm Concert introduction

Ensemble Resonanz

Ellen Ugelvik: piano

Riccardo Minasi: Conductor

Clemens K. Thomas: Idea & dramaturgy

Evelina Dembacke: video art

Letycia Rossi: Set design

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"

Kristine Tjøgersen: Concerto for piano, live camera and chamber orchestra

'Pastoral', the term for an ideal natural landscape, a state of innocence - this has always been a human fantasy that hardly corresponds to real nature. This is all the more true in times of climate catastrophe and environmental destruction. The Ensemble Resonanz wants to listen to Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, this declaration of love for beautiful landscapes and scenes of rural life, with a contemporary ear, commenting on and questioning it. It inserts excerpts from Kristine Tjøgersen's Piano Concerto (2019) between the symphony movements. This work is based on sounds from the Norwegian forests; pianist Ellen Ugelvik gradually plants miniature trees on the piano, drawing attention to wood as a resource. Norwegian composer Kristine Tjøgersen, who was recently awarded the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Prize for Composition, creates a moving plea for our ecosystems - without falling into sentimental romanticism about nature.