Music

Fra programtekst, av Andy Smith: 

“Over the next hour or so we will hear the sound of a breath as it moves through an instrument. Footballs will be bounced. An almost forgotten pop song from the eighties will be sung. A cello bow will bounce across open strings. A spoon will wobble on a cup and saucer. 

Music is an enquiry into what music is and what music can be. We want to ask questions about what we play, how we do, and why we might. We know that John Cage said that “everything that is happening makes a sound.” We know that more than just the orchestra, the quartet or the punk rock band can be considered to be music. We have a desire to use, reflect upon, consider and add to these ideas. We have a desire to entertain and engage an audience. We have a desire to ask bold questions about how,whyand where we might take music today.  

To attempt this, Music employs two methods. First, we reduce music to an idea. Through language and the collective imagination we ‘hear’ and reflect on an excess of musical types: A Bavarian marching band plays in the distance. There is a wall of white noise guitar. A piano plays a seemingly accidental note. Secondly, to complement and counterbalance this removal, we have integrated six pieces of new work into the performance. These works offer aspects of and outlooks on music and performance in both a traditional and contemporary light. In their various forms they explore music and what it can do: music as mythical, meaningful, new, old, abstract, concrete, perceptual, personal, practical and political.» 

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Privatarkivet NING, 31.08.2023