EIN GELBER KLANG
A new work based on Wassily Kandinsky’s opera script
Music by John Cage, Morton Feldman and Erik Satie
Chemnitz Opera
2023
One of Kandinsky’s lesser known works is a stage composition ,ein gelber Klang’ (,a yellow sound’), which loosely interprets creation of the earth. We reimagined the 1909 script, matching Kandinsky’s ideas with ‘abstract’ music of John Cage, Morton Feldman and Erik Satie. Adam and Eve are a K-pop couple, a Buddhist gardening society is planting the first flower. But visions of a potentially bleak future are there too - and a televised nuclear test explodes the creator’s apartment.
The performances took place off-site in the monumental interiors of the Chemnitz Art Museum. The stage is a silver reflective amphitheater, an update on the classic Greek form. A permeable curtain cuts through the room, and mobile mirrors blend the reflections of the stage figures with the audience.
Directed by Veit-Jacob Walter
Musical Direction by Anna Scholl
Designed in collaboration with Tina Hübner
With Bjørn Waag, ensemble and musicians of Chemnitz Opera
A new work based on Wassily Kandinsky’s opera script
Music by John Cage, Morton Feldman and Erik Satie
Chemnitz Opera
2023
One of Kandinsky’s lesser known works is a stage composition ,ein gelber Klang’ (,a yellow sound’), which loosely interprets creation of the earth. We reimagined the 1909 script, matching Kandinsky’s ideas with ‘abstract’ music of John Cage, Morton Feldman and Erik Satie. Adam and Eve are a K-pop couple, a Buddhist gardening society is planting the first flower. But visions of a potentially bleak future are there too - and a televised nuclear test explodes the creator’s apartment.
The performances took place off-site in the monumental interiors of the Chemnitz Art Museum. The stage is a silver reflective amphitheater, an update on the classic Greek form. A permeable curtain cuts through the room, and mobile mirrors blend the reflections of the stage figures with the audience.
Directed by Veit-Jacob Walter
Musical Direction by Anna Scholl
Designed in collaboration with Tina Hübner
With Bjørn Waag, ensemble and musicians of Chemnitz Opera
