Embrace – 30 Years of Polwechsel (Two-Day-Festival)

POLWECHSEL
Burkhard Beins (DE): percussion
Martin Brandlmayr (AT): percussion
Werner Dafeldecker (AT/DE): double bass
Michael Moser (AT): cello

Guests & Programme December 9, 2023

John Butcher (GB): saxophones
Magda Mayas (DE): piano
Andrea Neumann (DE): inside piano

– Burkhard Beins: Obsidian (2020) – 11 min
– Polwechsel & Andrea Neumann: Magnetron (2023) – ca. 25 min
Break
– Peter Ablinger: Orakelstücke (2022) – 20 min
– Werner Dafeldecker: Jupiter Storm (2022) – 18 min

On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the Composer-Performer Ensemble Polwechsel presents current compositions by its four members Burkhard Beins, Martin Brandlmayr, Werner Dafeldecker and Michael Moser, a piece written especially for the ensemble by Peter Ablinger and with the guest musicians Andrea Neumann, Magda Mayas and John Butcher, with whom it has partly worked together for many years.

All of the pieces can also be heard on the current Polwechsel release Embrace (Ni Vu Ni Connu, 4LP box 2023).

Guests & Programme December 8, 2023: https://exploratorium-berlin.de/en/veranstaltung/embrace-30-jahre-polwechsel/

Kindly supported by inm – initiative neue musik berlin e. V.