Solo & Ensemble – Chamber Music – Electronics – Concert Installation

PHACE | TRANSIENCE

our series at
Wiener Konzerthaus
2017/18

CONDUCTORS
Nacho de Paz
Joseph Trafton
Lars Mlekusch

PHACE
Sylvie Laxroix , flute
Walter Seebacher, clarinet
Reinhold Brunner, clarinet
Mathilde Hoursiangou, piano
Berndt Thurner, percussion
Ivana Pristasova, violin
Petra Ackermann, viola
Roland Schueler, cello
Maximilian Ölz, double bass
Alexandra Dienz, double bass

The transience as an associative space for music compositions runs through all four concert programs. Phenomena like the shattering of the polar ice caps, compelling depictions of death and friendship by Christoph Ransmayr, the horrors of ice and darkness, a singular, powerful thunderbolt, snow crystals, rain, an attempt to turn back to speech after 40 years of silence, as well as breathing per se – these are all sources of inspiration for numerous compositions including World and Austrian premiers. The concerts are characterized by multiple transmutations of the musical time-space and listening situations.
For the first time in Austria: Schnee (Snow), the mesmerizing, beguiling piece of the Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen will be performed by PHACE under the musical direction of Nacho de Paz. We are looking forward to the first collaboration with the singer and composer Agata Zubel and the singer Mira Lu Kovacs, as well as to multifaceted new works by Christof Dienz, Gerhard E. Winkler, Klaus Lang, Thomas Wally and Francesca Verunelli.

Concerts in this series:
WED 15.11.2017 KH series 1 – PHACE | EIS – Solo & Ensemble
WED 10.01.2018 KH series 2 – PHACE | SCHNEE – Ensemble
THU 22.03.2018 KH series 3 – PHACE | REGEN – Concert Installation
TUE 29.05.2018 KH series 4 – PHACE | LUFT – Ensemble & Elektronik

For more details follow the links to the concerts!