cresc... Schwärmen • 4–15 February 2O26

Supraorganism Justine Emard4.2. - 15.2.
inside the swarmA Light and Sound Installation
hr-Bigband5.2. 8:OO pm
SWARMING VOICEShr-Bigband, Trondheim Voices | Choir, John Hollenbeck | Conductor
Rebecca Saunders6.2. 8:OO pm
superorganismEnsemble Modern, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Sylvain Cambreling | Conductor
Ensemble Modern7.2. 5:OO pm
kraftwerkeMembers of Ensemble Modern, pupils from selected Frankfurt schools
hr-Sinfonieorchester7.2. 7:OO pm
desert musichr-Sinfonieorchester, Synergy Vocals | Choir, Brad Lubman | Conductor
Julian Prégardien8.2. 2:15 pm - 6:OO pm
VON SCHWÄRMEN & EINZELGÄNGERN (Wandelkonzert)Ensemble Modern, Pia Davila I Sopran, Julian Prégardien I Tenor, Lucie Leguay I Dirigentin
Lucie Leguay8.2. 7:45 pm
VON SCHWÄRMEN & EINZELGÄNGERN (Konzert casals Forum)Ensemble Modern, Pia Davila I Sopran, Julian Prégardien I Tenor, Lucie Leguay I Conductor
IEMA-Ensemble 2025/2613.2. 8:OO pm
swarm musicIEMA-Ensemble 2025/26, Continuum XXI
Supraorganism Justine Emard14.2. 8:OO pm - 12:3O am
beehive connectionMembers of: Ensemble Modern, hr-Bigband, hr-Sinfonieorchester, IEMA-Ensemble 2025/26
young professionals composer15.2. 6:OO pm
sonic synergiesEnsemble Modern, IEMA-Ensemble 2025/26, Toby Thatcher | Conductor, Michael Jarrell | Composition Coach
hr-Bigband

O5.O2.2O26, 8:OO pm

Frankfurt Radio Big Band © hr/Martin Oelze, Dirk Ostermeier
cresc... Schwärmen

SWARMING VOICES

Centralstation Darmstadt

John Hollenbeck: FLOCK für Jazzorchester (2011)
John Hollenbeck: Neues Werk für Frauenchor und Bigband (2025), UA
Trondheim Voices: Elektroakustische Improvisation für Frauenchor solo
John Hollenbeck: Regen und Gnade für Jazzorchester (2005/2014)
John Hollenbeck: The Power of Water für Jazzorchester und Frauenchor (2011)

hr-Bigband
Trondheim Voices
John Hollenbeck | Dirigent

The Frankfurt Radio Big Band is joined by the multiple Grammy nominee John Hollenbeck and the Norwegian vocal ensemble Trondheim Voices for an evening resembling a sonic parcours, traversing jazz, current music and Improvisation. The composition ›Flock‹ by the American composer and jazz percussionist Hollenbeck takes us straight into flight formation. The work was written in Scotland in 2011, where he had observed huge flocks of geese. Hollenbeck, who is known for his poetic and structurally daring works, has also composed a new work for women’s chorus and big band, exploring the festival’s theme while giving the Frankfurt Radio Big Band a chance to show off its stylistic versatility. Adding the eight-voice chorus, Hollenbeck devises a web of voices and instruments which keeps morphing into new formations. In an electroacoustic solo improvisation, the Trondheim Voices also present their impressive art of composing in real time.

Duration: ca. 100 min incl. break

Tickets: 24,- € | red. 14,- €
Bookable as a 3-issue subscription with a 25% discount