GEORGE CRUMB: MAKROKOSMOS

Program

• George Crumb: Makrokosmos I–IV (1972–1979) - 120'
  Premiere

Cast

• Alfredo Ovalles: Klavier
• Martyna Zakrzewska: Klavier
• Igor Gross: Schlagwerk
• Emanuel Lipus: Schlagwerk
• Sebastiano Sing: Performance
• Barbis Ruder: Performance
• Laura Steinl: Performance
• Christina Bauer: Klangregie
• Jury Everhartz: Produktionsleitung
• Vladi Tchapanov: Technik
• PRINZpod: Kinetische Installationen, Performances
• Burkert/Tornquist: Kinetische Installationen, Performances
• Wendelin Pressl: Kinetische Installationen, Performances
• Peter Koger: Kinetische Installationen, Performances

With his Makrokosmos, the composer and Pulitzer Prize winner George Crumb (1929–2022), who grew up in Appalachia, created a fantastic-poetic model of the world that shapes "the big and small rhythms of nature" into a round trip through space and time. Spiral movements in the "celestial ballroom" are axed on the twelve constellations of the zodiac. For two fascinating hours, they guide you through a complex edifice of astronomy, astrology, religion and myths of creation. The 50-year-old masterpiece, a milestone of (electronically augmented) piano music, will be put in motion by sirene Operntheater in the Jugendstiltheater with kinetic installations and performances by seven artists.

Produktion sirene Operntheater
Kooperation Wien Modern