Postponed due to the current situation around Covid-19.
On 6 May 2020 at the Sainte-Catherine Church in Neuvice (Liège), the festival offers a double programme characterised by the encounter between music and other artistic disciplines such as dance and theatre.
On this occasion, the festival proposes the world premiere of the work RA, for viola, dance and electronics by composer Malika Kishino, developed during a residency the the Centre Henri Pousseur.
During this evening, the festival also proposes Ex Dei in Machinam Memoria, a work by Henri Pousseur that has not been played for almost 40 years, the electronic part of which has recently been updated by the Centre Henri Pousseur, as well as works by Belgian composers Luc Brewaeys and Daan Janssens. And students from the music and theatre departments of the Conservatoire Royal de Liège will perform works by Luc Ferrari and Sandeep Bhagwati.
Vincent Royer, alto
Arne Deforce, cello
Toon Fret, flute
Noëllie Poulain, dance
Students of the chamber music class of Vincent Royer (Royal Conservatory Liège)
Students of the theatre deparment of the Royal Conservatory Liège
Centre Henri Pousseur, electronics
6.30pm (free entrance)
Luc Ferrari, Et tournent les Sons dans la Garrigue (Réflexion sur l’écriture n°1) for ensemble and electronics (1977)
Henri Pousseur, Ex Dei in Machinam Memoria for a melodic instrument and electronics (1971) ***
8.15pm (free entrance)
Luc Brewaeys, Black Rock Unfolding for cello and electronics (2009)
Sandeep Bhagwati, Miyagi Haikus for 2 celli and electric guitar (2011)
Daan Janssens, Titan for cello and electronics (2020) ***
Malika Kishino, RA for alto, dance and electronics (2020) **/***
* belgian premiere ** world premiere *** work developed at Centre Henri Pousseur
© June Ueno