Eröffnungskonzert der BIENNALE: "Helmholtz und die Musik"

In the organizer's words:

𝐄𝐫𝐨̈𝐟𝐟𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐄

Concert and introductory lecture "Helmholtz and Music"

Introductions, panel discussion and composer talk

(Prof. Dr. Philipp Brüllmann, Prof. Dr. Alfred Nordmann, Prof. Dr. Manfred Salmhofer, Elnaz Seyedi, Prof. Caspar Johannes Walter, moderation NN)

as well as presentation of the interdisciplinary study project Helmholtz' Music Aesthetics(Brüllmann/Wiesenfeldt) of the Seminars for Philosophy and for Musicology at Heidelberg University in WS 2024/25 by students of Heidelberg University

In contrast to the natural philosophical views of the vitalism of his time, Helmholtz's theory of force, which he later called energy, represents the theory of the impossibility of a perpetual motion machine, which, however, necessarily follows from vitalism.

In current political processes, we are experiencing phenomena that certainly appear to be self-sustaining perpetual motion machines. The original idea of the composition was to search with Helmholtz for hidden forces that keep this seemingly perpetual self-movement going with reference to an alleged vitality and metaphors of health, and to track down the counter-forces that can stop these phenomena and give them their own space.

In practice, it did not work. The cruelty of recent events has come to such a head that no search, no hope of a search was possible for me. Speechlessness in the face of the world situation has pushed itself to the forefront of the work. The piece has begun to deal with the perception of the burden of being a witness and to seek ways to bear this burden.

Program:

World premiere - Elnaz Seyedi: witnessing... - enduring, 2024

World premiere - Caspar Johannes Walter: Labialklänge 5 - Helmholtz im Chaos, 2024

Ursula Mamlok: Haiku Settings, 1967

SCHOLA HEIDELBERG | ensemble aisthesis

Price information:

A festival pass for the entire event is also available and costs between €15.00 and €75.00.