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«Residue of the Heart»
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson und Studio Dan

A combination of ritual and mythical elements as well as avant-garde art practices from the 70s and 80s: Ensemble Studio Dan performs with Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson his compositions and those of Meredith Monk.

  • Sat 04/19 8:00 – 9:30 PM

    Halle Ost

Copyright: Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson

We all shall suffer
The residue
Of the killing
The madness.
We all shall suffer
The residue
For a long time to come
Even for the rest of our
Lifetime.
It will be our new
Human-heritage
That will be an eternal
Blight on our souls.
We will all live in the new world
Of this residue.
No way to escape.
It will become the air
That we breathe.

- Jalalu Kalvert-Nelson

Anyone who has crossed paths with Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson will never forget the warmth and sincerity of the great heart that greets you. The composer and trumpeter, who grew up in Oklahoma and now resides in Switzerland, seems to possess an endless wellspring of energy — energy he channels into chamber music, theater scores, performances, and countless stories. Whether Meredith Monk exhibits the same openness and warmth, we cannot say. But what is certain is that she, especially as a dynamic performer of her own works and also as a composer, fuses ritual and mythical elements with practices of avant-garde art from 1970s and 1980s New York — a point of connection between the two featured artists.

Information on accessibility and language

The performance is a predominantly acoustic concert and not speech-based.

About the artists

Credits

Studio Dan Photo, Copyright: Ditz Fejer

Copyright: Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson

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