Gleichzeitigkeiten

The week is over far too quickly, while the day just won’t seem to end. Temporalities collide; we meet in public spaces or on the phone—planned or by chance—sometimes it works out, often it doesn’t. The four compositions presented this evening reflect the fleeting nature and polyphony of everyday life.”

The new piece by Eloain Lovis Hübner reflects on the fleeting nature of everyday life. Within a given time frame, each participant follows an individually prescribed structure and logic governing the sequence of events. In addition to the various possibilities of the voice, there is a pool of everyday objects and media, including instruments that the participants can (or cannot) play. Joanna Bailie’s new composition also draws on the polyphony of everyday life. Using a video of urban scenes and a stereo sound file of electronic sounds, the performers interact through movements in space, gestures, speech, and singing. They attempt to embody the events, analyze them, contradict them, and extract a kind of music from them, whether acoustic or visual.

In Arturas Bumšteinas’ composition, the attempt to sing folk songs together is thwarted by the isolation of the ears caused by earmuffs, leading to unintended microtonal results.

Walter Zimmermann’s “Self-Forgetting” was written for Merce Cunningham’s Dance Company, and parts of the text and musical notation may be omitted—that is, “forgotten.” As a simultaneous field of mutual interpenetration, the piece remains permeable yet haunting.

The Maulwerker use, among other things, homemade instruments. Cellist Tilman Kanitz joins them as a guest.

The Maulwerker, a collective for vocal experiments, integrate elements of performance art, intermedia art, and choreography into their music.

Program

Joanna Bailie: At the same time (2026)

Premiere – 15’

for video, four performers, and electronic sounds

Eloain Lovis Hübner: World Clock (2026)

Premiere – 20’

for six voices/performers

Arturas Bumšteinas: Melodies & Earmuffs (2023) – 10’

for six voices

Walter Zimmermann: Self-Forgetfulness (1982) – 20’

seven simultaneous solos for speaking and singing instrumentalists