* JAMES DILLON – NINE RIVERS
ASKO Schönberg & Capella Amsterdam & Slagwerk Den Haag
Locations: Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ & Bimhuis
James Dillon composities, Steven Schick dirigent/slagwerk, ASKO Schönberg, Capella Amsterdam, Slagwerk Den Haag
Three of The Netherlands’ most outstanding ensembles join the virtuoso American percussionist and conductor Steven Schick for a marathon performance of Scottish composer James Dillon’s masterpiece Nine Rivers. This vast, ambitious work consists of nine parts for varying instrumentations, ranging from solo percussion and a cappella choir to strings and electronics. The piece focuses on the river as a metaphor for time and memory, while also playing games with the memory of the audience. Dillon was inspired to write Nine Rivers by Rimbaud’s Le Bateau Ivre. Just as the boat in this famous poem crashes through the river towards the ocean, Dillon’s music moves from weightless hyperactivity through bleak horror to Wagnerian grandeur in a long, continuous, ever evolving ritual. ‘The cumulative power of it all is massive, the range of musical experience vast.’ (The Guardian)
* This program partly takes place in the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, and partly in the Bimhuis venue. For more information and online tickets, click here. (No discount for Stadspas. The Bimcard is not valid.)
PROGRAMME
17:00-18:00 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ:
Part I [Leukosis]
East 11th St NY 10008 (1982)
L’ecran parfum (1988)
Viriditas (1993-94)
La femme invisible (1989)
18:30-19:30 ÓR 20:00-21:00 Bimhuis:
Part II [Iosis]
La coupure (ca. 1989 – 2000)
21:30-23:00 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ:
Part III [Melanosis]
L’oeuvre au noir (1990)
Introitus (1989-90)
Éileadh sguaibe (1990)
Oceanos (ca. 1985-1996)
Cafe and box office of the Bimhuis open at 5PM30 (restaurant closed).