Exhibition-cum-Concert-and-Lecture-Series

CREATIVE COUPLES – TRANSCULTURAL MEDIA

Books by Gunnar A. Kaldewey and Music by Bun-Ching Lam

Concert Program:

Concerts:

Opening Concert  October 26th , 6 p.m.

Chamber Music for Asian and European Instruments

This concert features a set of vocal and instrumental musics attempting to translate poetic or artistic sentiments into sound. It presents the many different cultural traits, from Heine to Hiroshige, from Europe to Asia, that have merged in the musics of Bun-Ching Lam.

Run (1993)*
for pipa solo 
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa

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Nachtgesänge (2000)
Text by Friedrich Hölderlin
for soprano, koto, baritone sax, trombone & marimba

I. Hälfte des Lebens
II. Der Winkel von Hahrdt
III. Lebensalter

Susanne Serfling, soprano
Naoko Kikuchi, koto
Willi Fischer, saxophone
Cfaba Asboth, trombone
Bernd Mallasch, percussion

***

Lotosträume (2009)**
Text by Heinrich Heine
for baritone & harp

Thomas Buckner, baritone
Isabelle Courret, harp

***

Omi Hakkei (2000)*
for flute, viola, harp, xiao/dizi, erhu & zheng

I. Night Rain at Karasaki
II. Awazu on a Fine Breezy Day
III. Wild Geese Descending in Katata
IV. Autumn Moon at Ishiyama
V. The Evening Glow of Seta Bridge
VI. Sails Returning to Yabase
VII. The First Snow of Mt. Hira
VIII. The Evening Bell of Mii Temple

Angelika Bender, flute
Mariette Leners, viola
Isabelle Courret, harp
Wolfgang Wendel, xiao/dizi
Zhang Zhenfang, erhu
Xu Fengxia, zheng
Bun-Ching Lam, conductor

*European Premiere
**World Premiere

2. Concert   October 27th, 8 p.m.

Mixing Media–Carpets, Clouds and Books:
Vocal Music featuring poetry by Dickinson, Beckett and Kaldewey

This concert is devoted to the multiple qualities of Bun-Ching Lam’s vocal oeuvre which weaves many different media and cultures into one musical tapestry.

Wolken (1986)*
Text by Gunnar Kaldewey
For soprano, narrator, alto flute & piano

Sylvie Robert, soprano
Thomas Buckner, baritone
Angelika Bender, flute 
Thomas Wellen, piano
Gunnar Kaldewey, narrator

***

Bolts of Melody – Emily Dickinson (2003)*
for baritone & pipa

I. How Happy ….
II. The Pedigree of Honey
III. He Ate and Drank
IV. I’m Nobody
V. Because

Thomas Buckner, baritone
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa

***

Four Beckett Songs (1980)*
for soprano, violin, clarinet & percussion

Sylvie Robert, soprano
Mariette Leners, violin/viola
Thomas Loeffler, clarinets
Bernd Mallasch, percussion

***

Intermission

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Ein Alter Tibetteppich (2006)*
Text by Else Lasker- Schüler
for baritone & piano

Thomas Buckner, baritone
Bun-Ching Lam, piano

***

An Antique Book (2008)
Text by Emily Dickinson
for baritone & harp

Thomas Buckner, baritone
Isabelle Courret, harp

***

Lotosträume (2009)
Text by Heinrich Heine
for baritone & harp

Thomas Buckner, baritone
Isabelle Courret, harp

***

Le Vin des Amants (2008)*
for soprano, clarinet, violin and piano four hands

I. Effervescent
II. Molto espressivo e legato
III. Majestique (text: Charles Baudelaire)
IV. With Turbulence
V. Très Lent

Sylvie Robert, soprano
Thomas Löffler, clarinet
Mariette Leners, violin
Thomas Wellen, Bun-Ching Lam, piano

*European Premiere

3. Concert   October 28th, 8 p.m.

Seeing Sounds–Like Water, Like Ritual: Chamber Music
The last concert in this series features chamber music by Bun-Ching Lam. Each of the pieces is an expressive painting in sound, allowing the audience a multiplicity of sensual experiences: it is not enough to hear, but one must see and smell, taste, feel and be touched by this music.

Lü (1983)
for solo percussion
Gilles Durot, percussion

***

Six Phenomena (1998)*
for solo piano

I. Phantasm
II. Dream
III. Bubbles
IV. Shadow
V. Dew
VI. Lightning

Dimitri Vassilakis, piano

***

Intermission

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Bittersweet Music II (1981)
for solo violin

Jeanne Marie Conquer, violin

***

… Like Water (1995)*
for violin, piano and percussion

Jeanne Marie Conquer, violin
Dimitri Vassilakis, piano
Gilles Durot, percussion

*European Premiere