Musica nova Helsinki: NYKY Ensemble: neon – TIMESTRETCH
NYKY Ensemble, the Sibelius Academy’s contemporary music group, opens its concert with Tansy Davies’ neon that is packed with groove.
Written for seven performers, its strength lies in physical energy as well as dialogue between humans and instruments. The conductor for the piece is Elisar Riddelin.
TIMESTRETCH takes up a completely different perspective on contemporary composition, as NYKY Ensemble joins forces with the fascinating KlangLab from Switzerland. Instead of a musical score, the composer Fritz Hauser has produced verbal instructions for each movement. Apart from just a few specified notes or effects, the performers improvise or play using a stopwatch. Different at every performance, TIMESTRETCH uses percussion, electric guitars and various timbral effects to grow and evolve in space.
Programme
- Tansy Davies: neon (2004), 10′
- Fritz Hauser: TIMESTRETCH (2023), 45′
Performers and creative team
- NYKY Ensemble
- KlangLab: Chris Moy, Mikael Szafirowski, Zacarias Maia, and Dino Georgeton
- Elisar Riddelin, conductor
- Anna Kuvaja, acting planner of the NYKY Ensemble
- Libero Mureddu, planner of the NYKY Ensemble
- Jaakko Kilpeläinen, producer of the NYKY Ensemble
Changes are possible.
Further information: Jaakko Kilpeläinen, jaakko.kilpelainen@uniarts.fi
Musica nova Helsinki
The concert is part of the Musica nova Helsinki festival. Musica nova Helsinki is Finland’s largest contemporary music event and takes place from February 10 to 20, 2027.
Written for seven performers, its strength lies in physical energy as well as dialogue between humans and instruments. The conductor for the piece is Elisar Riddelin.
TIMESTRETCH takes up a completely different perspective on contemporary composition, as NYKY Ensemble joins forces with the fascinating KlangLab from Switzerland. Instead of a musical score, the composer Fritz Hauser has produced verbal instructions for each movement. Apart from just a few specified notes or effects, the performers improvise or play using a stopwatch. Different at every performance, TIMESTRETCH uses percussion, electric guitars and various timbral effects to grow and evolve in space.
Programme
- Tansy Davies: neon (2004), 10′
- Fritz Hauser: TIMESTRETCH (2023), 45′
Performers and creative team
- NYKY Ensemble
- KlangLab: Chris Moy, Mikael Szafirowski, Zacarias Maia, and Dino Georgeton
- Elisar Riddelin, conductor
- Anna Kuvaja, acting planner of the NYKY Ensemble
- Libero Mureddu, planner of the NYKY Ensemble
- Jaakko Kilpeläinen, producer of the NYKY Ensemble
Changes are possible.
Further information: Jaakko Kilpeläinen, jaakko.kilpelainen@uniarts.fi
Musica nova Helsinki
The concert is part of the Musica nova Helsinki festival. Musica nova Helsinki is Finland’s largest contemporary music event and takes place from February 10 to 20, 2027.