Before the symphonic orchestra became standardized in the old days,
new instruments had constantly stimulated the creative process of writing and performing classical music.
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin collaborates with David August and Frieder Nagel to re-activate this habit for its latest project called OSTINATO.
Where others try to deconstruct or experiment, the approach of OSTINATO is straightforward:
to integrate electronic instruments into the orchestra without breaking its tradition.
This genuine attempt could alter the perception of symphonic music by understanding
new methods of instrumentation not as an exception but as the origin of the genre.
In electronic music the idea of a set as a musical journey comes pretty close to a symphony in terms of intensity, length and structure.
Especially in a live-set with its variety of instrumental voices the parallels are even more striking.
On three nights David August´s “X – Poéme Symphonique” and Frieder Nagel´s “Ostinato”-Symphony premiere together with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
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