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Ensemble Resonanz / Seth Parker Woods

A musical manifesto on resistance and self-assertion: »Gay Guerrilla« by the Black, queer composer Julius Eastman. Music as a stance: radical and uncompromising. Long overlooked, the work now takes on a new urgency. Together with cellist Seth Parker Woods, the Ensemble Resonanz brings this work, along with other voices on memory, loss and solidarity, to the stage. »…because without blood there is no cause.«



Eastman (1940–1990) was a composer, performer and a radical maverick in 1970s and 1980s New York. As a Black and queer artist, he combined minimalist music with political acuity. His works bear titles such as »Evil Nigger«, »Crazy Nigger« or »Gay Guerrilla« – terms he deliberately employed as a form of confrontation. For Eastman, »guerrilla« referred to someone prepared to risk everything for a conviction. Combined with »gay«, it becomes an attitude: visibility as both resistance and self-assertion.

PERFORMERS

Ensemble Resonanz chamber orchestra

Seth Parker Woods violoncello and direction

PROGRAM

Pauline Oliveros
Out of the Dark

Chinary Ung
Khse Buon

Pēteris Vasks
Trīs skatieni (Drei Blicke)

Jessie Montgomery
Divided für Violoncello und Streichorchester

- Interval -

Edward Elgar
Elegy op. 58

Julius Eastman
Gay Guerrilla

Ensemble Resonanz / Seth Parker Woods

The American cellist Seth Parker Woods and the Ensemble Resonanz bring six voices to life that connect with each other across time and borders. They tell of struggle and loss, of rebellion and hope, of fractures and the attempt to heal them. Memory is their common foundation.

Julius Eastman’s »Gay Guerilla« is a work of hypnotic power and a musical manifesto – a call for resistance, for visibility, for unstoppable revolution. His music knows no pause. It grows, overruns, demands – as uncompromising as his life as a black, queer composer in a world characterised by exclusion. His work is at the centre of a programme that brings different voices into dialogue with each other: Pauline Oliveros, a pioneer of deep listening, opens up a space for listening. Chinary Ung combines Western art music with Southeast Asian traditions and evokes the past. Pēteris Vasks opens up a view of the passing of time. With Jessie Montgomery, memory pushes into the present, searching for a way out and for unity. Edward Elgar takes his leave. But Eastman remains. Unstoppable. Without history, no future. Without struggle, no voice. Without blood, no cause.

PERFORMERS

Ensemble Resonanz chamber orchestra

Seth Parker Woods violoncello and direction

PROGRAM

Pauline Oliveros
Out of the Dark

Chinary Ung
Khse Buon

Pēteris Vasks
Trīs skatieni (Drei Blicke)

Jessie Montgomery
Divided für Violoncello und Streichorchester

- Interval -

Edward Elgar
Elegy op. 58

Julius Eastman
Gay Guerrilla

Ernst Barlach entdecken

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Everything Poetic; Melanie Streitmatter's Kinship (Abschlußkonzert (BA))

Einlass: 16:00 | Beginn: 17:00 |

Mit »Everything Poetic« präsentiert Pianist Lennart Micheel erstmals sein neues Trio. Anlässlich seines Bachelor-Abschlusses bringt er gemeinsam mit Lucas Kolbe (Bass) und Alex Petratos (Schlagzeug) ein Programm auf die Bühne, das zwischen atmosphärisch geprägten Kompositionen und freier Improvisation vermittelt. Einflüsse aus zeitgenössischem Jazz und minimalistischem Ambient prägen die Klangästhetik, in der Interaktion und Offenheit der drei Musiker zum strukturgebenden Prinzip werden. So entsteht ein musikalischer Raum, der den leisen, oft überhörten Tönen besondere Aufmerksamkeit einräumt.

Mit »Kinship« entwirft Melanie Streitmatter eine klangbewusste Hommage an Zusammenhalt und Gemeinschaft – im Kleinen wie im Großen. Die Kompositionen verdichten tiefgreifende persönliche Begegnungen zu einer musikalischen Erzählung, in der Vertrauen und gegenseitige Inspiration als leitende Motive wirken. Musik fungiert dabei als roter Faden, der Erfahrungen verbindet und Resonanzräume öffnet. Für dieses Projekt kommen einige der engsten musikalischen Wegbegleiter:innen der vergangenen Jahre zusammen und geben dem Programm eine spürbar gewachsene, gemeinsame Perspektive.

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Line-Up:

Abschlußkonzert (BA) - Lennart Micheel (BA):

Lennart Micheel — Klavier

Lucas Kolbe — Bass

Alex Petratos — Schlagzeug

Abschlußkonzert (BA) - Melanie Streitmatter (BA):

Kirill Kretsu — Klavier

Melanie Streitmatter — Bass

Joshua Weiß — Schlagzeug

tba — Sonstige

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Abschlußkonzert (BA) - Lennart Micheel (BA):

Abschlußkonzert (BA) - Melanie Streitmatter (BA):

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Eintritt und Vorverkauf: Siehe Ticketlink. Abendkasse: Gibt es, sofern nicht vorab ausverkauft.

Tickets: https://jazzhall.hfmt-hamburg.de/tickets/?eid=194589

Der Einlass zur JazzHall erfolgt über den Haupteingang der Hochschule für Musik und Theater in der Milchstraße 12 - nicht über den Harvestehuder Weg.

Veranstalter des Abends (bei Fragen zu Tickets oder Programm bitte direkt kontaktieren): Jazz@HfMT (jazzhall@hfmt-hamburg.de)

Exhibition and opening >>IM NORDEN

The painters Viola Lang and Bettina Bick, true northerners at heart, got to know and appreciate each other in the Hamburg art scene, not least because of the related themes of their work.

In the exhibition ‘Im Norden’ (In the North), they now come together, the myths and legends, the wind from the north-west and the wide horizons.

Both artists work predominantly in acrylic.

However, graphics and mixed media are also on display.

From 19 April to 28 June, interested art lovers can immerse themselves in the landscapes and animal worlds of northern Germany, complemented by an excursion into Viola Lang's still lifes and Bettina Bick's portrait paintings.

http://bick-art.de/ https://www.violang.de/

F.C. Gundlach You'll Never Watch Alone

F.C. Gundlach has become famous for his fashion photography and, through his diverse alliances, a key figure in the history of photography. On the occasion of his 100th birthday, the Bucerius Kunst Forum shows his iconic images, as well as previously unreleased prints and never-before-seen colour prints.