
The 40-minute live version of Music for Wiek for saxophone orchestra and percussion septet will be performed by the Macau Band Directors Association Saxophone Ensemble,
conducted by Hugo Loi.
The shows are on February 7 & 8 at the Black Box Theatre II, Macau Cultural Centre in Macau (China).
The yearly concert of the ensemble, the Phone Show Carnival, is themed Echo of Simplicity.
The program includes works such as U-Sax, Here to There, Narayana's Cows, On the Nature of Daylight, Groove Machine, and Music for Wiek, showcasing works by composers such as Theodor Burkali, Max Richter, Marc Mellits and yours truly.
I will travel with a grant from the Performing Arts Fund NL to Macao to attend both shows. On February 9 I'll present a lecture Back to the Groove - Minimal Music and Beyond,
a short history of the background and highlights of Minimal Music up to today.
Music for Wiek was commissioned in 2009 by Boukje Schweigman for the location-based performance by Schweigman&.
Organized by Macau Band Directors Association
Sponsored by Macau SAR Government Cultural Development Fund
Travel Grant by Performing Arts Fund NL
Acknowledgments: Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau, Macau Cultural Centre Venue Rental Discount
THE DUTCH LIVE VERSION
PRESS
"Breathtakingly beautiful.... Enchanting, compelling, inescapable....Driving rhythms, almost hallucinatory repetition - so beautiful"
"All the senses open up to the layer that is most difficult to reach - that of mysticism"
"Wiek is a magical ode to the cyclic movement"
"What keeps on is shivering about so much beauty"