Between Time and Space – a state of listening in which we stop measuring time and space loses its boundaries. What remains is the pure experience of sound.
On the first Saturday of March, Hashtag Lab invites you to an exceptional concert – contemporary works for oboe and electronics will create a rare sonic space in which sound becomes a carrier of the spiritual and the ephemeral. One of the key points of the programme is the piece lélek by Piotr Grella-Możeyko, inspired by a concept present in the beliefs of Finno-Ugric peoples, denoting the immaterial aspect of life connected with breath, vapour, and the energy of existence. The word lélek (from Hungarian) refers to the spiritual sphere, a person’s inner life, and also the soul of the deceased. In its sonic layer, the piece draws on material from the oldest surviving work by Euripides – Fragment 1 of the Stasimon of Orestes – weaving the ancient word with electronics and the breath-like texture of the sound. Hashtag Ensemble will perform the premiere of the work together with a guest soloist.
The programme opens with Arlan N. Schultz’s farewell, world of flowers….farewell, I’m going to weep – a metaphorical reflection on transience and ephemerality. Sidereus Nuncius (The Starry Messenger), inspired by a quotation from Sappho about the silver glow of the full moon, evokes a cosmic, otherworldly dimension of experience. Vidyēśvara refers to the Hindu vision of beings striving towards higher states of existence. The piece #2020 Scream by Aleksandra Bilińska evokes suspended time, a moment when its flow comes to a halt. This work was created during the pandemic – a period full of uncertainty and forced isolation. The finale closes with a reflection on presence and memory – like an echo of souls on the threshold of audibility.
Programme:
Arlan N. Schultz – …Saraba hana no sekai…saraba nacki-sō… (farewell, world of flowers….farewell, I’m going to weep) for oboe and electronics
Alberto Caprioli Sidereus Nuncius for oboe and electronics *
Jorge Torres Saenz Vidyēśvara for oboe and electronics
Aleksandra Bilińska #2020 Scream for AleksandraP. for oboe and electronics
Piotr Grella-Możeyko lélek for oboe, string quintet and electronics **
*world premiere
** Funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund – a state special-purpose fund, within the “Commissioned Compositions” programme, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance
Performers:
Aleksandra Panasik oboe
Marta Piórkowska violin
Stefania Grabiec violin *
Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska viola
Antoni Majewski cello *
Mateusz Loska double bass
*PRO Academy
Production:
programme concept and text: Aleksandra Panasik and Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska
production: Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska
visual identity: Aleksandra Ołdak
sound direction: Kosma Standera
The Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space is co-funded by the City of Warsaw.
Media patron of the Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space: POLMIC.PL, Gazeta Wyborcza and Dwójka – Polish Radio.