Ensemble PHACE - Sound Routes 2016

Pre-concert Educational Outreach Performance

After six months of ‘contemporary media exposure’ a mixed ensemble of young performers will thunderstorm the stage with a Medley of ritualistic dances by Roberto David Rusconi.

Concert
Ensemble PHACE
Sylvie Lacroix flute, Walter Seebacher clarinet, Ivana Pristasova violin, Roland Schueler cello, Mathilde Hoursiangou piano

Alban Berg Adagio (1935) for violin, clarinet and piano (arr. of 2nd mvt. of Chamber Concerto)
Beat Furrer Presto (1997) for flute and piano
Salvatore Sciarrino Omaggio a Burri (1995) for violin, alto flute and bass clarinet
Thomas Wally Caprice (VI) mosaïque (2013) for violin, cello and piano
Roberto David Rusconi Rituale (2016) for bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano (World premiere)
Alexander Stankovski Traumprotokoll (2014) for piano solo
Dieter Ammann Cute (2011) for flute & clarinet
Michael Jarrell Assonance III (1989) for bass clarinet, cello and piano

Besides presenting chamber works by contemporary composers, Ensemble PHACE also plays a key role in musical theatre productions, frequently collaborating in dance and prose theatre performances, as well as video productions and installations.

Since the mid-1990s, the ensemble has appeared in the most renowned concert halls and festivals in Austria and abroad including Wien Modern, Klangspuren Schwaz Tirol, Salzburg Festival, Generator, Wiener Konzerthaus, Transart Bozen, Berliner Festspiele, Ultraschall Berlin, Salihara Festival Indonesien, SONEMUS Festival and Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik.

Artistic director Reinhard Fuchs emphasises that the ensemble is interested in composers ‘who have developed their own, personal musical idiom and who attempt to broaden their artistic horizons in terms of musical modernity.’

With support from the Austrian Cultural Forum London, ÖGZM

Kindly supported by Pro Helvetia, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, SKE, AKM, Arts Council England and Intrasonus UK.