Performers: Temporal Harmonies Inc: Lydia Walquist flautist, Mikolaj Piszczorowicz cellist, Xiaowen Shang pianist

Temporal Harmonies Inc. explores where we can find hope and resistance in today’s cultural environment which seems to be characterised by futility. The programme is comprised of works written in the 21st Century and we invite Seigla’s audience to add their voice to the performers’ narrative. Audiences get to create their own graphic scores during the performance in response to the music they hear. Building a platform for collective experiences and a sense of community between the performers and audience can be one way of creating resistance to the dominant narrative of powerlessness and hopelessness instigated by the powers of today.

The programme is framed by Zygmund de Somogyi’s Synth Etude and Trio No. 1 for flute, cello, and piano; two works exploring “the essence of the generational malaise so many of us feel, bred from global politics, economic permacrisis, and climate catastrophe.” These are paired with Liebermann’s whimsical and unsettling second trio Op. 87, Saariaho’s Mirrors, and Shaw’s In Manus Tuas.

Drawing music whilst it is performed is a way to interact with and reflect on the music in a different way. We will collect the graphic scores created in the first half of the concert, and a collection of these works will conclude the second half while projected onto a screen as they are being performed.

Programme:

Zygmund de Somogyi (1996)

Music for the Quarter-Life Crisis (synth étude, world première)

Ashkan Layegh (1996)

New Commission

Lowell Liebermann (1961)

Trio No. 2 for Flute, Cello, and Piano Op. 87

Caroline Shaw (1982)

In Manus Tuas

Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)

Mirrors

Zygmund de Somogyi (1996)

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU STAY: Trio for flute, cello and piano no. 1

More information, festival programme and artists’ bios available at www.seiglafestival.com

Harpa is the main sponsor of Seigla 2025. Seigla music festival is supported by SUT and Ruth Hermanns Music Fund, Ýlir, Iceland University of the Arts and The Icelandic Schumann Society.