Pôle Nord
The NEC presents a humorous and engaging musical performance that appeals to a broad audience demographic. The core of this musical experience is the presentation of unexpected compositions, where humour, poetry and fantasy converge to challenge the conventional boundaries of music.
While traditional instruments are occasionally set aside in favour of unconventional items such as a vacuum cleaner, the movement of bodies is transformed into visual music, until the instrument itself appears to challenge its master. In a format suitable for all audiences, a variety of instruments, including the oboe, trumpet, trombone, french horn, piano and percussion, challenge the norms of the classical concert format to create an engaging, unconventional and exploratory experience for all.
A snack will be served at the end of the performance.
Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain
Claire-Pascale Musard oboe
Alain Bertholet trumpet
Jorge Manuel Fuentes Arce horn
Martial Rosselet trombone
Antoine Françoise piano
Julien Mégroz percussion
Mauricio Kagel
Dix marches pour rater la victoire (extraits) (1978-79) for ensemble
Gérard Pesson
La lumière n'a pas de bras pour nous porter (1994-95) for piano
Colon Nancarrow
Study for player pinao no.21 (1994-95) for mechanical piano
Liza Lim
Ming Qi (Bright Vessel) (2000) for oboe and percussion
Vito Žuraj
Quiet, Please (2014) for three brass mouthpieces
Carola Bauckholt
Vakuum Lieder (2017) for performer with a vacuum cleaner
Dieter Schnebel
Zeichen-Sprache (extraits) (1987/89) for human body without instruments
