Im relativen Jetzt

In the organizer's words:

IN THE RELATIVE NOW
or: The ego, a dent in space-time
performative concert

Program:
ALVIN LUCIER In Memoriam John Higgins (1984) for clarinet and wave oscillator
THORSTEN ENCKE Wellen (2024 - UA) for interacting voice, 3 flutes,
3 clarinets & ad hoc instruments

VIKTORIIA VITRENKO. SINGING/PERFORMANCE
MUSICA ASSOLUTA
THORSTEN ENCKE. CONDUCTION

Duration: ca.60'

In the fall of 2015, the first measurement of a gravitational wave - a dent in space-time - was made. And a sensation! Albert Einstein's calculations were confirmed in reality. At Leibniz Universität Hannover, scientists are developing the highly sensitive technology for such measurements.
Composer Thorsten Encke spent two years visiting the laboratories of the geo-Q Collaborative Research Center. The atmosphere of concentrated "expectation" - whether of unpredictable events (measurement of a gravitational wave) or of the results of years of effort - forms the nutrient for his new piece:
"In the composition Waves, I make an attempt to expand the listener's experience of time and space to include the dimension of "time memory". Spatially arranged, not clearly localizable sounds and extremely stretched sections cancel out the conventional perception of space and sharpen the perception for the experience of a new, individual space/time level. It is an auditory journey into hidden worlds that are revealed through our senses and imagination."

Supported by: Lower Saxony Foundation, Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, Musik 21 Niedersachsen
The musica assoluta concerts are institutionally supported by City of Hanover, Cultural Office

Price information:

25 € | reduced 20 € Pupils and students 10 €