Kunstquartier Bethanien, Studio 1
Sunday 10.11., 20:00 Uhr
Sopra di noi
Ensemble Reflexion K

Program
- Elnaz Seyedi
Questo che a notte balugina(2023)
for ensemble - Liisa Hirsch
Autarkes(2020)
for 10 musicians - Stefan Streich
Trichter, Klee und Amsel(2024)
for 21 instruments - Gerald Eckert
Sopra di noi … (niente)(2014)
for orchestra
Ensemble Reflexion K
Beatrix Wagner – flute | Joachim Striepens – clarinet & contrabass clarinet | Matthias Badczong – contrabass clarinet | Ari Schuirmann – bassoon & contrabassoon| Delphine Gauthier-Guiche – horn | Norbert Fabritius – trumpet | Matthias Jann & Karsten Süßmilch – trombone | André Wittmann & Arian Robinson – percussions | Lara Meyer-Struthoff – harp | Christine Paté – accordion | Daria-Karmina Iossifova-Molier – piano | Rui C. Antunes – violin | Christiane Veltman & Nikolaus Schlierf – viola | Christine Meißner, Anne Gayed, Ulrike Brand, Clara Franz & Katrin Maschmann – cello | Heiko Maschmann – double bass
The outstanding Solistenensemble Reflexion K from Eckernförde, which performed as a duo in 2023, appears during this year's Klangwerkstatt Berlin in orchestra size. It presents sound universes with a large ensemble: microtonal movements and swirls on the iridescent sound surface in Liisa Hirsch's Autarkes (2020), sounds of great depth and power in Elnaz Seyedi's Questo che a notte balugina (2023) and an exuberant wealth of timbres with constantly changing sound states in Gerald Eckert's Sopra di noi… (niente) (2014). In addition, Trichter, Klee und Amsel (Funnel, Clover and Blackbird), a new work by Stefan Streich takes up Eckert's specific large orchestration and leads it into completely different sound spaces.
The instrumentation of the last two pieces is exceptional: with 21 instrumentalists as large as a chamber orchestra – albeit almost entirely soloists in all parts, including the multiple strings – it is characterized by extreme timbres. The very lowest instruments are disproportionately represented: two contrabass clarinets, a contrabassoon, two bass or contrabass trombones, a double bass. And the five cellos are contrasted by only two violas and one violin. There is also a large percussion section with two low tam-tams, two large drums and low cymbals and gongs. This creates deep, shimmering soundscapes that can be felt as physically as they can be heard.