Quiet Music Ensemble will join ensemble mosaik for this very special concert at the Klangwerkstatt Festival in Berlin, 8 November. Both ensembles come together for a new commission by composer Karen Power, life between poles, for 2 ensembles, Arctic and Antarctic ice, projected imagery, light and live resonant objects.

Photo: John Godfrey

Irish composer Karen Power collected unique audio recordings during her explorations above, below, and inside the ice of the North and South Poles. Based on this material, life between poles (WP) was created – a 60-minute multimedia performance for two ensembles, video, light, surround sound, and live resonant objects. ensemble mosaik from Berlin and the Irish Quiet Music Ensemble will present this world premiere together. Not only the instrumental and sampled sounds and the large video projections interact in this work, but also the architectural and dialogical space between the musicians, performers, and the audience. In this way, the work creates a space in which the polar regions can resound and be perceived in all their uniqueness, beauty, fragility, and wildness.

Photo: John Godfrey

Karen Power and Quiet Music Ensemble are supported by Culture Ireland.