Quarter-Life Crisis
AUGUST 9TH AT 20:00, Norðurljós
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Temporal Harmonies Inc. explores where we can find hope and resistance in today’s cultural environment which seems to be characterised by futility. The programme is comprised of works written in the 21st Century and we invite Seigla’s audience to add their voice to the performers’ narrative. Audiences get to create their own graphic scores during the performance in response to the music they hear. Building a platform for collective experiences and a sense of community between the performers and audience can be one way of creating resistance to the dominant narrative of powerlessness and hopelessness instigated by the powers of today.
The programme is framed by Zygmund de Somogyi’s Synth Etude and Trio No. 1 for flute, cello, and piano; two works exploring “the essence of the generational malaise so many of us feel, bred from global politics, economic permacrisis, and climate catastrophe.” These are paired with Liebermann’s whimsical and unsettling second trio Op. 87, Saariaho’s Mirrors, and Shaw’s In Manus Tuas.
Drawing music whilst it is performed is a way to interact with and reflect on the music in a different way. We will collect the graphic scores created in the first half of the concert, and a collection of these works will conclude the second half while projected onto a screen as they are being performed.
PROGRAMME
Zygmund de Somogyi (1996)
Music for the Quarter-Life Crisis (synth étude,
world première)
Ashkan Layegh (1996)
New Commission
Lowell Liebermann (1961)
Trio No. 2 for Flute, Cello, and Piano Op. 87
Caroline Shaw (1982)
In Manus Tuas
Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)
Mirrors
Zygmund de Somogyi (1996)
IN THE EVENT THAT YOU STAY: Trio for
flute, cello and piano no. 1
PERFORMERS
Temporal Harmonies Inc.
Lydia Walquist
Flautist
Mikołaj Piszczorowicz
Cellist
Xiaowen Shang
Pianist