RelevanzEnsemble: Ghost Opera - After-hours Concert
Chamber music from around the world with RelevanzEnsemble.
Programme
Unknown composer, The Conqueror lays down his armor,
Pipa solo (Traditional movement from the 17th century).
Einojuhani Rautavaara, String Quartet no. 1 Quartetto,
I. Presto
II. Andante
III. Very lively (all giga)
JS Bach, Sarabande from violin partita in D minor BWV 1004.
Tan Dun (1957-), Ghost Opera,
Act I – Bach, monks and Shakespeare meet in water
Act II – Earth Dance
Act III – Dialogue with “Little Cabbage”
Act IV – Metal and Stone
Act V – The Paper's Song
Experience Tan Dun's spectacular Ghost Opera
The final concert of the season combines the music of Einojuhani Rautavaara and Tan Dun in an expressive and playful musical programme. Rautavaara's first string quartet is a lively work that spans fun and sorrowful emotions with clear references to Finnish folk music. Dun's Ghost Opera combines elements from Chinese music, folk songs and J. S. Bach in a breathtaking musical journey, where you can also hear the sounds of objects such as paper, water and stone.
The concert also features the Chinese string instrument, the pipa, which is rarely heard in Danish concert halls. The traditional string instrument is also called the “Chinese lute”, and this evening Lucy Zhao opens the evening’s concert with the solo pipa piece 霸王卸甲 - The Conqueror Lays Down His Armor - a traditional Chinese piece by an unknown artist from the 17th century.
Participants
Lucy Zhao
Lucy Zhao is a Chinese pipa player who was born in Beijing and studied at the China Conservatory in the same city. She has also toured the United States, South Korea and several Chinese cities as part of the conservatory's orchestra. She also studied cultural management in Vienna and has been active in many ensembles and orchestras. After her studies, Lucy worked in Berlin.
RelevanzEnsemble
RelevanzEnsemble is Denmark's newest chamber music ensemble, a collective consisting of internationally experienced top musicians with roots in the major Danish orchestras, as well as award-winning rising stars from the next generation. The season's three evening concerts combine music from no less than eleven composers from ten different countries, and RelevanzEnsemble seeks to create a lively and present interaction with the audience through this broad musical palette. The concert series offers, among other things, playful performance formats and rarely performed chamber music masterpieces.
Participants
Lucy Zhao, pipa
Madara Pētersone, violin (concert master Kremerata Baltica)
Hulda Jónsdóttir, violin (The Royal Chapel)
Gudbjartur Hákonarsen, viola
Peter Morrison, cello (founder and artistic director of RelevanzEnsemble, DRSO, Australian World Orchestra)
After-hours Concerts
Go to a concert after work and before your evening chores. The After-hours Concerts start at 5 p.m. and last about an hour.
