What’s next? Nadar Summer School

Nadar Ensemble
Mar Berendsen, violin
Nico Couck, electric guitar
Yves Goemaere, percussion
Elisa Medinilla, piano
Pieter Matthynssens, cello
Thomas Moore, trombone
Bertel Schollaert, saxophone
Dries Tack, clarinet

Eveline Vervliet  The silence that sounds in its absence [Irish Premiere]
Paul Scully  Personal Best  [Irish Premiere]
Nina Fukuoka  Yuggoth  [Irish Premiere]
Matthew Grouse  To put words in my mouth [Irish Premiere]

Gaudeamus Festival, Warsaw Autumn, New Music Dublin, Contemporary Music Centre Ireland and Transit Festival join forces to connect a new generation of interdisciplinary composers with Nadar Ensemble  from Belgium. This concert presents four works that blend music, video, electronics and performance, exploring memory, language, horror, sport and the relationship between sound and gesture.

The first online encounter Matthew Grouse had with the musicians of Nadar formed the starting point for To put words in my mouth. Visemes and sounds intertwine and result in an extraordinary absurdist world. Nostalgia prevails in the work of Eveline Vervliet in which a pianist muses on an electronic toy instrument from her time. Throughout each performance of this work, previous performances shine through, only to fade into a memory during the next concert. The cosmic horror world of H.P. Lovecraft is a starting point for Nina Fukuoka’s Yuggoth. Mannequin-like alter egos of the musicians thaw to produce chilling sounds. Paul Scully, not only a composer but also a gifted runner, literally goes for his best time in the 3km distance in Personal Best. To be followed in real time and provided with sports commentary, Scully hopes to make it to his performance just in time.

This concert is a co-production between Gaudeamus Festival, New Music Dublin, Contemporary Music Centre Ireland, Transit Festival & Warsaw Autumn