LOCKDOWN DIARY

With a video “Lockdown Diary” the Leipzig ensemble Tempus Konnex supports and encourages composers and musicians to think creatively during these challenging times. In partnership with the Forum of Contemporary Music Leipzig (FZML), Tempus Konnex founded the Ensemblefestival for contemporary music, which celebrated its first season in November 2020. The ongoing pandemic has prompted the artistic sector, including our festival, to scrutinize and reconceive conventional concert formats. Through these video diary entries, we are offering fresh compositions a platform, and continuing our momentum towards the second half of the Leipzig Ensemblefestival in April 2021.

Mit einem Lockdown-Tagebuch im Videoformat möchte das Leipziger Ensemble Tempus Konnex Komponist*innen als auch Musiker*innen in dieser fordernden Zeit unterstützen und ermutigen, kreativ voraus zu denken. Tempus Konnex hat gemeinsam mit dem Forum zeitgenössische Musik Leipzig (FZML) das Ensemblefestival für aktuelle Musik ins Leben gerufen, das im November 2020 seine erste Ausgabe feierte. Die derzeitige Pandemie bewegt den künstlerischen Sektor und auch unser Festival, gewohnte Konzert-Formate zu hinterfragen und neu zu entwerfen. Deshalb sollen mit Hilfe von musikalischen Video-Tagebucheinträgen den neuesten Kompositionen Gehör verschafft und die Spannung bis zum zweiten Teil des Leipziger Ensemblefestival im April 2021 gesteigert werden.

Lockdown Diary #17

rational choices (2019) by Tobias Fandel (*1986)
Delphine Roche (flute), Emanuel Dantscher (clarinet), Alberto Carnevale Ricci (piano), Jessica Ling (violin), Nathan Watts (cello), Tobias Fandel (conductor)

Lockdown Diary #16

Born in winter (2019) by Jug K. Marković (*1987)
Nathan Watts, cello

Lockdown Diary #15

Sawari by Adrian Koye (*1971)
Jacobo Hernández Enríquez, violin

Lockdown Diary #14

ANTILOPE (2018) by Oscar Bianchi (*1975)
Emanuel Dantscher (clarinet), Alberto Carnevale Ricci (piano), Nathan Watts (cello)

Lockdown Diary #13

CARAVAN (2017) by Micheal Beil (1963)
Emanuel Dantscher, Jessica Ling, Alberto Carnevale Ricci, Martin Steuber – 4 musicians without instruments with live-video and tape

Lockdown Diary #12

After Serra (2000) by Jason Eckardt (1971)
Delphine Roche (flute), Emanuel Dantscher (clarinet), Alberto Carnevale Ricci (piano), Jessica Ling (violin), Nathan Watts (cello)

Lockdown Diary #11

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SCHANDE (2020) by Wieland Hoban (1978)
Nathan Watts, cello

Lockdown Diary #10

Cáscara for guitar and tape (2016) by Diego Lozano (1988)
Martin Steuber, guitar

Lockdown Diary #9

„L‘escalier du diable“ n°13 by György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Alberto Carnevale Ricci, piano

Lockdown Diary #8

Mirrors for flute and cello (1997) by Kaija Saariaho (*1952)
Delphine Roche & Nathan Watts, flute & cello

Lockdown Diary #7

Lysozyme Synthesis for piano (2003) by Jaime Reis (*1983)
Alberto Carnevale Ricci, piano

Lockdown Diary #6

Extensions for flute solo by Ruud Roelofsen (*1985)
Delphine Roche, flute

Lockdown Diary #5

Interludium for guitar and fixed media (2-Channel Version) (2018)
by Beste Özçelebi (*1983)
Martin Steuber, guitar

Lockdown Diary #4

+++World Premiere+++
Plateau (2020) for cello by Gregor Forbes (*1993)
Nathan Watts, cello

Lockdown Diary #3

” ” (2016) for Bb Clarinet by Jacques Zafra (*1986)
Emanuel Dantscher, clarinet

Lockdown Diary #2

Rush by Augusta Read Thomas (*1964)
Jessica Ling, violin
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Lockdown Diary #1

Sequenza VII by Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Qing Lin, oboe

LOCKDOWN DIARY PHOTOS PHASE 2

LOCKDOWN DIARY PHOTOS PHASE 1

Tempus Konnex’s Lock Down Diary (Call for scores) Phase II

Phase II

With Phase I, we sent out a small sign of life. For anyone who missed it, you still have one more chance! Dear composers and musicians, send us your most recent compositions so that we can film them in short clips and present them on our website and other channels. We are interested!

We would like to support composers and musicians of contemporary music and record short musical clips with small instrumentations. In order to do that, we need your latest compositions! We are interested in solo pieces and duets, no longer than 10 minutes. Possible instrumentation: flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello and guitar (electric guitar is also possible).

Send your own compositions to info@tempus-konnex.com by the 27th of January, 2021.

With the kind support of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (Reload Stipendium), So geht sächsisch, Ensemblefestival and FZML

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Tempus Konnex’s Lock Down Diary (Call for scores) Phase I

Phase I

Will there be complete silence in the cultural scene? By no means! Tempus Konnex intends to promote your most recent compositions. We would like to support composers and musicians of contemporary music and record short musical clips with small instrumentations. We need solo pieces and duets, no longer than 10 minutes. Possible instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, piano.

Send us your suggestions or your own compositions by the 20th of December, 2020.