In an world where we brave a bombardment of stimuli every day and nothing is simple any more, the Vlaams Radiokoor and BL!NDMAN[strings] map out an escape route. A Minimal Trip is a chance to catch your breath: a tunnel from excess to essence in which all you can do is slow down and the only demand is that you listen. Letting it all go is so much easier with minimal music, once dismissed as radical avant-gardism but now ubiquitous in popular culture, from experimental film scores to krautrock, psychedelia and electronic dance music. In music that searches for its most elementary self, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Thomas Jennefelt, Michael Nyman and Wim Mertens turn the beat into a guide for the pulse itself.
Program
P. Glass: Glassworks Opening | S. Reich: Triple Quartet | M. Nyman: Rochester’s Farewell | T. Jennefelt: Villarosa Sarialdi | W. Mertens: Hedgehog’s Skin and other works
Performers
Sigvards Klava, artistic leader | Fabian Cooman, piano | BL!NDMAN[strings]: Stefanie Van Backlé, Femke Verstappen, violin | Monica Goicea, viola | Suzanne Vermeyen, cello
