KAREL GOEYVAERTS
Happy Birthday Karel Goeyvaerts
December 4, 2023 | 19:30 | De Bijloke Café, Ghent
Once in a while, a composer emerges who rediscovers music. When Karel Goeyvaerts presented his Sonata for Two Pianos in Darmstadt in the early 1950s, he caused a small cultural shock. Even after that, he remained restless and curious, constantly pushing boundaries and toppling over them. In 2023, we commemorate the 100th anniversary of this brilliant sound maker. In a unique narrative concert, musicologist Mark Delaere, pianist Jan Michiels, and the musicians of I SOLISTI pay tribute to perhaps Belgium's most important composer. With Goeyvaerts' compositions and musical homages by Tim Mulleman and Benjamin Van Esser.
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K. Goeyvaerts, Plikonamu Micucona
K. Goeyvaerts, Voor Harry, Harrie, René
B. Van Esser, R Aquarii
K. Goeyvaerts, Litanie I
T. Mulleman, Movement for piano & ensemble
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Ensemble: I SOLISTI
Soloist: Jan Michiels, piano
Musicologist: Mark Delaere
100 jaar Karel Goeyvaerts
December 7, 2023 | 20:00 | DE SINGEL, Blauwe Zaal
Every reason is good to bring Karel Goeyvaerts' oeuvre into the spotlight. This time, there is absolutely no escape. In 2023, the Antwerp composer would have turned 100. Despite being relatively unknown to the general public, Goeyvaerts was a trailblazer in the development of both serialism and electronic music in the 1950s. However, there is much more to discover than just his groundbreaking experiments. While he initiated fewer projects from the 1960s onwards, he continued to closely follow the latest developments from a distance.
Under the direction of Filip Rathé, I SOLISTI presents some highlights from Goeyvaerts' equally surprising late works. Litanie I is a beautiful example of Goeyvaerts' idiosyncratic take on minimalism. The last ten years of his life were dedicated to the large-scale opera Aquarius, from which two fragments are presented here. Creations by Benjamin Van Esser and Tim Mulleman complete this more than appropriate tribute to an underrated artist.
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K. Goeyvaerts, …Erst das Gesicht,… dann die Hände…und zuletzt erst das Haar
K. Goeyvaerts, De Zang van Aquarius
B. Van Esser, R Aquarii
K. Goeyvaerts, Litanie I
T. Mulleman, Movement for piano & ensemble
K. Goeyvaerts, De Heilige Stad
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Ensemble: I SOLISTI
Conductor: Filip Rathé