related works
The Story of the Dragonfly : for harp / Rieteke Hölscher
Genre:
Chamber music
Scoring:
hp
Roter Damm Verwandelt : for solo rapper, ensemble and soundscape / Oscar van Dillen
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
rapper 2tpt 2trb-t/b 2perc pf 2vn vla vc tape
Face : for female vocalist, recorder(s), violin, piano, electronics and video / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
voc rec vn pf electronics
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
cl 2vn 2vc pf tape
composition
Disturbing Light : for piano, violin, tape and art-video / Rieteke Hölscher
Other authors:
Hölscher, Rieteke
(Composer)
Description:
Wondering, elusive, multilayered and sometimes undecided - Disturbing Light is an experience in image and sound where the phenomenon 'time' sometimes gets entirely its own mind. In this co-production of visual artist Marij Janssen and composer Rieteke Hölscher a natural moving installation is floating in the air. The artist designed a cloud of figures that confuses the light and creates strange shadows on the wall. Each character tries to maintain its identity and to escape from the swarm. As an observer you might have the illusion that you will be drawn into the movement. Meanwhile the same human-like figures pass by in a video projected on the wall in an everchanging movement, accompanied by acoustic instruments - violin and piano - and electronical music with the sounds of nature, like seagulls, thunder, waves and wind.
During a performance of half an hour image and music enter into a dialogue. Inverted 'musique concrète' and recognizable minimalistic motifs will create a synergy between image and sound that reflects the illusion of endlessness and almost undeniable raises questions about the universe and life itself.
Rieteke Hölscher
February, 2019