Musical Utopias Friday with Kika Sprangers Lise Morrison & Alex Pearl, Anna-Louise Walton & Wim van Egmond, Michael Gordon & Schupp & Van Dijk

20.15-21.25 Grote Zaal – Ensemble Klang (Lise Morrison & Alex Pearl, Anna-Louise Walton & Wim van Egmond, Michael Gordon & Schupp & Van Dijk)
21.45-22.15 Korzo Studio – Kika Sprangers & band

Film and music come together during this evening that includes brand new works and some Ensemble Klang classics. Composer Lise Morrison has roots in South Africa, and her instrumental and electroacoustic works explore repetition and subtle changes within fragile environments. Together with visual artist Alex Pearl, she creates a hypnotic collection of flickering images and music, full of illusion and magic, inspired by historical thaumatrope devices to contemporary GIFs.

Micro-videographer Wim van Egmond captures stop-motion films at the intersection of science and art, that play with human perception. Together with composer Anna-Louise Walton he creates a brand new work exploring the magic of organic systems.

The hyperactive and frenetic Hyper by Michael Gordon is a true Klang classic and is reinforced for this performance with video art by Schupp & Van Dijk. The tight symmetries and canons of the music are mirrored in an animated world where flurries of abstract patterns cavort in a Möbius strip dance.

In the Studio saxophonist and composer Kika Sprangers presents her latest work: The Way Wild Rivers Flow, an adaptation of the composition she wrote this summer for North Sea Jazz 2025. In this quintet, Sprangers delivers a dynamic performance in which her characteristic lyricism and rich harmonies play the leading role.

Sprangers’ music is melodious, compelling, and layered, with a refined interplay between composition and improvisation. Expect a concert full of imagination, emotion, and ensemble playing of the highest quality.