Het Collectief – Klaas Verpoest https://klaasverpoest.com Something that existed before and was incorporated into something that came later.. Sat, 23 Dec 2023 09:05:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Crippled Symmetry | Morton Feldman https://klaasverpoest.com/crippled-symmetry/ Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:39:40 +0000 http://klaasverpoest.com/?p=489 Read More »Crippled Symmetry | Morton Feldman]]> In Morton Feldman’s music, silence plays a prominent role, thanks to the hushed volume and the interval between sounds.

In Crippled Symmetry Feldman builds on repetitive motifs (patterns), knotting and weaving his sounds the way Anatolian nomads make their carpets. It is from those carpets that Feldman borrowed the concept of imperfect or ‘crippled’ symmetry. Listening to Feldman’s work is a strange but overwhelming experience.

Performed by: Het Collectief
Thomas Dieltjens, piano & celesta | Toon Fret, flute | Tom De Cock, percussion
Klaas Verpoest, Motion Design

14.04.2016: Crippled Symmetry, Miryzaal – Gent
20.04.2016: Crippled Symmetry, CC Maasmechelen – Maasmechelen

08.11.2014: Crippled Symmetry, SLOW (36H) / Concertgebouw – Brugge


Helemaal desintegreren mocht de tijd tijdens het prachtige Crippled Symmetry van de Amerikaanse componist Morton Feldman, gebracht door Het Collectief met visuals van Klaas Verpoest. Breekbare motieven dreven anderhalf uur lang als eilandjes door de stilte en braken met elk lineair concept van tijd.
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]]> Pierrot Lunaire – Opus 21 | Arnold Schönberg https://klaasverpoest.com/pierrot-lunaire-opus-21/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:21:09 +0000 http://klaasverpoest.com/blog/?p=95 Read More »Pierrot Lunaire – Opus 21 | Arnold Schönberg]]> Pierrot Lunaire, composed by Arnold Schönberg in 1912 on poems by the Belgian symbolist Albert Giraud. The music of Arnold Schönberg, especially ‘Pierrot Lunaire’, is a hallucinatory masterpiece and an absolute landmark of musical history.
Performed with the Belgian ensemble Het Collectief.

Conductor: Robin Engelen
Ensemble: Het Collectief
Performers: Jacqueline Janssen – Mezzo soprano, Wibert Aerts – violin, Benjamin Dieltjens – clarinet, Thomas Dieltjens – piano, Toon Fret – flute, Martijn Vink – cello

14.01.2016: De Singel – Antwerpen
10.01.2013: Cultuurcentrum – Hasselt [B]
16.12.2012: Concertgebouw Amsterdam – Amsterdam [NL]
27.10.2012: Flagey Studio 1 – Brussel [B]
10.02.2012: Stadspodia Leiden – Almarktzaal, Leiden [NL]
14.01.2011: De Nieuwe Veste – Breda [NL]

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12_Galgenlied-(0.00.03.18)


]]> Feasts of Fear and Agony | Bram Van Camp https://klaasverpoest.com/feesten-van-angst-en-pijn/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:13:45 +0000 http://klaasverpoest.com/blog/?p=161 Read More »Feasts of Fear and Agony | Bram Van Camp]]> “Feasts of Fear and Agony”: of expressionist poetry to kinetic typography.

When Paul van Ostaijen wrote his ‘Feesten van angst en pijn’ (Feasts of Fear and Agony, 1918-1921), he was looking for a new language detached from narrative meaning. Through the use of handwriting, colours and experimental arrangements on the page, he suggests that his poetry does not necessarily have to signify anything concrete.

The Antwerp composer Bram Van Camp has been fascinated for ten years by this collection of poems. Because the text does not suggest any inherent meaning, he determined to flesh out the interpretation musically.
In order to reinforce the visual aspect of Van Ostaijen’s poetry, video artist Klaas Verpoest and typographer Jo De Baerdemaeker have created a distilled and synchronized performance of the handwritten poems.

Composition: Bram Van Camp
Music Performance: Het Collectief o.l.v. Vykintas Baltakas
Soprano: Liesbeth Devos
Kinetic Typography: Klaas Verpoest and Jo De Baerdemaeker

30.01.2013: De Casino, Sint-Niklaas
23.03.2012: Blauwe Zaal – deSingel, Antwerpen

Met de steun van de onderzoeksraad van de Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel




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