New European Ensemble presents a 3D tribute to MC Escher: Optical Illusions in image and music
Optical illusions, dream worlds and endless spirals. The works of MC Escher have become iconic across the world. To celebrate the beloved artist’s 125th birth year NEuE teamed up with the DEFRAME collective and composer Vlad Maistorovici to create a program connecting Escher’s iconic imagery to music @ Kunstmuseum Den Haag. DEFRAME will project live, audio-reactive 3D images while the ensemble performs a mind-bending program.
New work by Romanian composer Vlad Maistorovici, a touching homage to the famous Metamorfose no.2 as well as Maistorovici’s post-Webernesque arrangements of Bach’s canons, so closely connected to Escher’s mathematical world are among the highlights. The program includes Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im spiegel, also reflected in Escher’s work, as well as the mathematically unified Konzert für 9 Instrumente by Anton Webern, another composer whose use of canons and variations connects with Escher’s imagery.
Johan Sebastian Bach (arr. Vlad Maistorovici) – A Little Harmonic Labyrinth BWV 591, Musical Offering BWV 1079 (extracts), Choral BWV 615
Anton Webern – Konzert für 9 Instrumente op. 24
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
Vlad Maistorovici – New work (world premiere)
New work by Romanian composer Vlad Maistorovici, a touching homage to the famous Metamorfose no.2 as well as Maistorovici’s post-Webernesque arrangements of Bach’s canons, so closely connected to Escher’s mathematical world are among the highlights. The program includes Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im spiegel, also reflected in Escher’s work, as well as the mathematically unified Konzert für 9 Instrumente by Anton Webern, another composer whose use of canons and variations connects with Escher’s imagery.
Johan Sebastian Bach (arr. Vlad Maistorovici) – A Little Harmonic Labyrinth BWV 591, Musical Offering BWV 1079 (extracts), Choral BWV 615
Anton Webern – Konzert für 9 Instrumente op. 24
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
Vlad Maistorovici – New work (world premiere)