Under the title »MeWe«, the festival »cresc… Biennial for Current Music Frankfurt Rhine Main« 2022 explores the relationship between the individual and the collective over the course of two weekends, exploring a multitude of varieties of current music. The opening concert invites the audience to experience the monumental »Earth Dances« by Sir Harrison Birtwistle both in concert and as a walk-in sound sculpture The large-scale orchestral work by the British composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle is one of the most impressive pieces of music of the late 20th century. Birtwistle lends a powerful voice to the living interior, the gigantic fields of energy and forces of our planet, but also its fragility. Here the powers of nature are transformed into a physical experience. On this evening, the audience experiences both the live performance and a newly-developed immersive installation allowing listeners to move freely among sound and light space incorporating instrumental sounds, groups and orchestral sound masses, resulting in a highly individual encounter with the works. Frankfurt’s art-and-cuisine institution freitagsküche has designed a spatial sculpture for this unusual opening night. A walk-in, edible culinary »warp« in which guests pass artistically designed stations, having and collecting sensory experiences of taste. At the end of this parkour, multiple individual parts amount to an edible composition.

Concert duration: about 100 minutes

NOTE:
This concert will initially be sold on a double checkerboard seating plan (i.e., with spacing). If the pandemic situation allows, the seating may be expanded at a later date to include the blocked seats.

The ticket, an identification document and a 2G/3G proof (depending on the official requirement) must be shown to the staff of the Hessischer Rundfunk upon request Please observe the hygiene and distance rules (in particular the obligation to wear a mask) in accordance with the instructions in the building and the hygiene concept of Hessischer Rundfunk. The extensive spacing and hygiene concept includes, among other things, new entry and exit situations as well as the waiving of breaks, catering and checkroom. In case of non-compliance with these rules, we reserve the right to expel you. Once the performance has begun, you have no right to admission to the auditorium.

Karten: 30,– €

Bis zu 50 % Ermäßigung für Schüler, Studierende, Auszubildende bis 27 Jahre

Vorverkaufsstart: 1. Dezember 2021

cresc... Biennale für aktuelle Musik 2022 – Gesamtprogramm