Current concerts
since 05.09.2023
with the title Die Flötistin und der Komponist (The Flutist and the Composer), a portrait of Beatrix Wagner, Gerald Eckert and the concert series contemporary music Eckernfoerde.
16.02.2024, 08.00 p.m.
St. Nicolai-church Eckernfoerde
„Über das Rätselhafte“ ("About the enigmatic")
While working on "Air mit Sphinxes", Nicolaus A. Huber had the opportunity to listen to Robert Schumann's piano work "Carnaval" live in concert and was captivated by the mysteriousness of the Sphinx melodies it contains:
The riddle of the environment, the riddle of length as a melodic tone, the riddle of repetition and also the riddle of the sphinxes' own structure, the limbs.
For him, “sphinx-like” means the high, deep, wide and full in his piece, without being wide, deep, high and full.
The enigma in Gerald Eckert's “An den Rändern des Maßes” is presented differently:
Energy states that arise from shattered sound fields and the aesthetic qualities of their remains. The interior is veiled, the sonic reality overshadows the origin and makes the core itself “virtual”. Interspersed harmonic fields show a tendency to volatilize as soon as they are created. Moments of pause are accompanied by an increase in fragility.
With a large cast, the Ensemble Reflexion tries to get to the bottom of the enigma in both works and first presents the audience with excerpts from “Air mit Sphinxes” and “An den Rändern des Maßes” before playing both compositions in full length in the concert situation presents.
Program:
Ensemble Reflexion K and guests
Beatrix Wagner, flute
22.02.2024, 12:05 - 01:00 a.m.
On 22. February 2024, Deutschlandradio Kultur will broadcast from 12:05 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. in the series Neue Musik
excerpts from the two concerts of the Duo Reflexion K - Beatrix Wagner, flute and Gerald Eckert, violoncello - at the Klangwerkstatt Festival in Berlin on 18. and 19. November 2023
Stefan Streich "Gran Duo" (2021 - 2023) (excerpts)
for flute and violoncello
09.03.2024, 10.05 - 10.50 p.m., DLF (Deutschlandfunk)
The broadcast Atelier neuer Musik
The Deutschlandfunk broadcast can still be listened for 30 days:
Atelier neuer Musik
Randzonen, Erstarrungen, Brüche - Gerald Eckerts neuere Ensemblemusiken
"späte Gegend" for orchestra
"Sopra di noi... (niente)" for orchestra
"Kisalpah" for ensemble and electronics
"ferne Tiefe" for contrabassflute, orchestra, live-electronics and tape
"Nacht, die fallende" for violoncello, orchestra and live-electronics
15.03.2024, 08:00 p.m.
St. Nicolai-church Eckernfoerde
„Über dunkle Energien und leere Räume“ ("About dark energies and empty rooms")
Dark energies are the starting point for the work cycle “energeia aphanés” by Michael Quell. In astrophysics, this mysterious phenomenon serves as a hypothetical attempt to explain the observed increasing speed of expansion of the universe, which otherwise stands in clear contradiction to the gravitational effects caused by matter. Its existence has not yet been proven, so it itself cannot be observed, but, like dark matter, it essentially determines the space-time structure of the universe.
In the works of the same name, this idea becomes a symbol of a musically aesthetic world whose actual control principles remain consistently hidden, but whose results determine the world of experience. Space, time and the idea of time dissolution play a central role.
Program:
Michael Quell
"Posht-e Hichestan" (2015) for flute solo
Ensemble Reflexion K and guests
Beatrix Wagner, flute
Joachim Striepens, clarinet
Neza Torkar, accordion
Sungkum-Jennie Yang - violin
Uschik Choi - violoncello
Gerald Eckert - violoncello/ direction
Tues. 30.07.2024, 08:00 p.m.
St. Nicolai-church Eckernfoerde
„Über das Rätselhafte II“ ("About the enigmatic II")
And again and again man, striving for knowledge and enlightenment and yet so destructive in his actions.
Program:
„Pulsar“ (2014) for organ and voice
Gerald Eckert
„Verschränkung – ins Offene“ (2023/ 24) for contrabassflute and electronics (german premiere)
Makiko Nishikaze
„a solitary flower comes out“ (1997) for altflute and violoncello
Gerald Eckert
“Interferenz I” (2004) version for flute, organ, violoncello and electronics
Pablo Araya
„37“ (2023) for bassflute and violoncello
Gerald Eckert
„Aube“ (2006) for organ
performer:
Katja Kanowski, organ
Beatrix Wagner, flute
27.09.2024, 08:00 p.m.
St. Nicolai-church Eckernfoerde
„Über zeitlose Augenblicke“ (About timeless moments)
Timeless moments - we can experience them in moments of greatest concentration or total relaxation, of incredible happiness or deep sadness, while experiencing great art or nature, with others or in absolute solitude.
The works selected for this program by Lisa Streich, Pablo Araya, Gerald Eckert, Pablo Olabarria, Stefan Streich and Iannis Xenakis oscillate between the greatest density in the smallest space and breathless delicacy and fragility, between liveliness and rigidity, between artistry and naturalness.
Program:
Lisa Streich
"Asche" for clarinet and violoncello
Stefan Streich
"ritorno" for flute and viola
Gerald Eckert
"Nachtwindbewegtes" for bassflute, contrabassclarinet and viola
"Entre Palmira y Tikal hay una bóveda de mosaicos […]" for bassflute, violin and violoncello
Gerald Eckert
"Klangräume II" for piccolo and tape
Pablo Andoni Olabarría
"Naturlaut" for Violin and electronics
Iannis Xenakis
"Charisma" for clarinet and violoncello
Ensemble Reflexion K
Beatrix Wagner, flute
02.11.2024, 06:00 p.m.
St. Nicolai-church Eckernfoerde
Night of literature
„Atemwende“
In the spaces between tracing sounds and words, this event leads from the spatial-poetic side of contemporary music (Luigi Nono, Gerald Eckert) to the linguistic power of the poems by Hilde Domin, Paul Celan and Else Lasker-Schüler.
Program:
Gerald Eckert
In Sich Ohne Ausweg (1994)
for 2-(4)-channel-tape
Gerald Eckert
Noema (1992)
for violoncello
Gerald Eckert
Schemen - Feld 30 (2017)
for contrabassclarinet and electronics
Luigi Nono
A Pierre. Dell azzurro silenzio, inquietum (1985)
for contrabassflute, contrabassclarinet and live-electronics
Gerald Eckert
Aux mains de l’espace (1993)
for 4-channel-tape
Gerald Eckert
außen, von tief innen (2015)
for bassflute, contrabassclarinet and violoncello
Ensemble Reflexion K
Beatrix Wagner, flute
08.11.2024, 08:00 p.m.
St. Nicolai-church Eckernfoerde
Elnaz Seyedi "Questo che a notte balugina" (2023)
for large ensemble (fl, 2 clar, 2 perc, Hrp, acc, pf, vln, vla, vc, cb)
Liisa Hirsch "Autarkes" (2020)
for large ensemble (2 clar, bsn, perc, pf, vla, 2 vc, cb)
Stefan Streich "Trichter, Klee und Amsel" (2024) UA
for orchestra (1 bassfl/ flute, 2 clar (1: clar/ cb-clar; 2: cb-clar), 1 contrabassoon, 1 hrn, 1 trp, 2 trb (1: bass-trb;
2: bass-trb or cb-trb), acc, pf, 2 perc, 1 vln, 2 vla, 5 vc, 1 cb)
Gerald Eckert "Sopra di noi... (niente)" (2014)
for orchestra (1 bassfl/ flute, 2 clar (1: clar/ cb-clar; 2: cb-clar), 1 contrabassoon, 1 hrn, 1 trp, 2 trb (1: bass-trb;
2: bass-trb or cb-trb), acc, pf, 2 perc, 1 vln, 2 vla, 5 vc, 1 cb)
Beatrix Wagner, flute
Joachim Striepens, clarinet & double bass clarinet
Matthias Badczong, clarinet & double bass clarinet
Ari Schuirmann, bassoon & contrabassoon
Delphine Gauthier-Guiche, horn
Norbert Fabritius, trumpet
Matthias Jann, trombone
Karsten Süßmilch, trombone
Andre Wittmann, percussion
Arian Robinson, percussion
Lara Meyer-Struthoff, harp
Christine Paté, accordion
Daria-Karmina Iossifova-Molier, piano
Rui C. Antunes, violin
Christiane Veltman, viola
Nikolaus Schlierf, viola
Christine Meißner, violoncello
Anne Gayed, violoncello
Ulrike Brand, violoncello
Clara Franz, violoncello
Katrin Maschmann, violoncello
Heiko Maschmann, double bass
Gerald Eckert, direction
Kunstquartier Bethanien
23.11.2024, 06:00 p.m.
Artists Residence Eckernfoerde, Ottestr. 1
Night of Music
Starting with the music of this year's otte 1 composition scholarship holder Hed Bahack, the Ensemble Reflexion K spins a web of connecting lines to works by Mark Barden, Alessio Rosato, Pablo Araya and others.
Mark Baden "personæ" (2009)
for bassflute and bassclarinet
Gerald Eckert "Verschränkung - ins Offene" (2023/ 24)
for contrabassflute, electronics and tape
Hed Bahack "Studies in walking away from…" (2021/ 2024) fp
version for bassclarinet
Alessio Rossato "si páame" (2024)
for contrabassflute and electronics
Gerald Eckert "Nen VII" (2007)
for flute, violoncello and tape
Clemens von Reusner "Anamorphosis" (2018)
for 8-channel-tape
Pablo Araya "37" (2023)
for bassflute and violoncello
Ensemble Reflexion K
Beatrix Wagner, flute
Joachim Striepens, clarinet
Gerald Eckert, violoncello/ electronics
