Remixing a clockwork orange

Schallfeld Ensemble

Dienstag, 19.3. um 20:00 Uhr

Stanley Kubrick´s cinema classic A Clockwork Orange did not only become famous for its intense imagery, but also for its sophisticated soundtrack by Wendy Carlos. Re-interpretating music by Beethoven, Rossini and Purcell on her Moog Synthesizer, Carlos succeeds in opening up a new aesthetical dimension to these well-known pieces.

At the Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2016, Schallfeld initiated a project focused on the question how a transcription of this transcription could sound today, almost half a century after the film s original release. In a broader sense, this encompassed also questions about the relation between tradition and (technical) innovation, repertoire works and new creations, between sound and the moving image.

The second iteration of "Remixing a Clockwork Orange" takes one further step into the film´s world: while maintaining the idea of a "remix", we also zoom into the main thematic aspects of the film´s plot. The entaglement of guilt and redemption as a timeless phenomenon will be woven into a set of new pieces commisioned to five composers whose work is strongly connected to the idea of remix and visual arts: Jorge Sánchez-Chiong, Zeno Baldi, Lorenzo Romano and Michelle Agnes Magalhaes

Program:

Salvatore Sciarrino - Anamorfosi, für Klavier (1980)
Jorge Sánchez-Chiong - TURN IT OFF! für Ensemble (2019)
Mikołaj Laskowski - At the Opening of A Clockwork Orange, 1995 VHS, für Ensemble (2016)
Zeno Baldi - Fondali, für 8 Instrumente und Elektronik (2019)
Michelle Agnes Magalhaes - Orange, für Kontrabass, Cello und Elektronik (2019)
Lorenzo Romano - Ludovico Technique, für Ensemble und live-Elektronik (2019) 

Pieces commissioned thanks to the support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.