All theatre

18:30 in P1–Introduction with Jennifer Walshe and ensemble members

19:30 in T3–Concert

21:30 in P1–After show with snacks and drinks

Jennifer Walshe: Paddy Reilly Runs with the Devil

for 6 voices (2007)

Jennifer Walshe: he wants his cowboys to sound like he thinks cowboys should sound
for 5 amplified voices and light design (2004)

Lucia Ronchetti: Anatra al sal

for six voices a cappella (2000)

Carola Bauckholt: no alone

for 5 voices a cappella (2000)

Luca Francesconi: Herzstück

for six voices a cappella (2013)

Neue Vocalsolisten

Johanna Vargas, soprano

Susanne Leitz-Lorey, soprano

Helena Sorokina, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Gloger, countertenor

Martin Nagy, tenor

Guillermo Anzorena, baritone

Andreas Fischer, bass

A competition for the best recipe for duck with salt and a clearly expressed ‘no’ that gradually dissolves into music: the legendary works by Lucia Ronchetti and Carola Bauckholt were the first to be premiered by the Neue Vocalsolisten as a chamber formation in May 2000. And the two masters of vocal composition demonstrate how the comedy and tragedy of human existence can emerge from madrigal-like polyphony. Jennifer Walshe was one of the first to understand physical gestures as a compositional element. With her interdisciplinary conceptual performances, in which she often takes up and satirises human or social behaviour patterns, she is a role model for an entire generation of composers. Luca Francesconi, for his part, takes up a role model in his work: ‘Herzstück’ is ‘his’ A-Ronne.