Ensemble Resonanz / Abel Selaocoe / Saerom Park

• Classical Music

South African cellist Abel Selaocoe redefines the parameters of the cello and combines virtuoso skills with improvisation, singing and body percussion. He has found an ideal ally in Ensemble Resonanz, which also enthusiastically explores innovative and new paths in its concerts, sometimes as the Ensemble in Residence of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and sometimes in the chamber music club it founded itself in the Hamburg district of St Pauli.

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Together they move through worlds, genres and eras – until they arrive together in the future. In »Silent Woods« by Antonín Dvoák, the leaves rustle in the wind with four celli. »When We Were Trees« by Italian cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima takes us through the seasons in a true sound adventure with a mix of different styles – sometimes classical, sometimes folkloristic, sometimes percussive, sometimes meditative. Kate Moore contributes a new composition for cello and Selaocoe’s voice.

PERFORMERS

Ensemble Resonanz chamber orchestra

Abel Selaocoe violoncello, vocals

Saerom Park violoncello

Sidiki Dembélé percussion

Thomas Wegner sound

PROGRAM

Antonín Dvoák
Silent Woods

Abel Selaocoe
Ka Bohaleng

Abel Selaocoe
Qhawe

Abel Selaocoe
Kea Morata

Abel Selaocoe
Lerato

- Interval -

Kate Moore
Bay of Bisons für Solovioloncello, Stimme und Streichorchester (Uraufführung)

Giovanni Sollima
When We Were Trees for Two Violoncelli and Strings