PRELUDE – SKY — EARTH – GROUND – FALL – 47 CLOUDS
Der besondere Probenbesuch
Sun. December 14, 2025, 4.00 pm
Dampfzentrale Bern
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Two extraordinary instruments help us in «Bold & Just» to realize the daring dreams and ideas of Marc Sabat and Saad Haddad.
«The Tree» is the allegorical music of a tree: between earth and atmosphere, between soil and clouds, adorned with the recurring transience of autumn. Sabat’s music is rooted in American folk and in the work of a Mexican music pioneer; it is supported by the technical possibilities of the Lumatone, whose setup of brightly glowing hexagonal keys can represent the 81 subtle pitch shades of the chosen palette.
Haddad composes at the intersection of microtonal Italian madrigals of the 16th century and the Arab maqam tradition. Inspired by Nicola Vicentino’s Arciorgano, a 36-tone organ, Haddad pursues Vicentino’s centuries-old vision that the Arciorgano might serve musicians of all cultures.
