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In The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi rendered the four seasons in sound as he knew them in the early eighteenth century. But the climate is changing. This caused Australian media artist Tim Devine and composer Hugh Crosthwaite to pause for thought: how would Vivaldi’s music sound in around 2050?
Based on data from the United Nations’ climate change panel (IPCC) and with the help of artificial intelligence, they translate the 300-year-old masterpiece into the likely state of our planet in 2050: The (Uncertain) Four Seasons.
Vivaldi’s storms sound more ominous, birdsong falls silent. The often intangible climate crisis becomes audible and palpable. The project has already been performed on six continents – from Sydney to Amsterdam, from Seoul to Cape Town, and from the Marshall Islands to São Paulo. The algorithm makes Vivaldi’s music sound different everywhere, depending upon the effects of climate change on the place where the performance is being staged. This version, especially composed for Stroom Festival, performed by Flanders Symphonic Orchestra, gives us the opportunity to hear and feel for the first time in Belgium how our own environment will change dramatically under the influence of humans if we do not take action.
The concert is preceded by a scientific explanation on climate change by environmental engineer Inge Jonckheere.
The project supports the United Nations’ worldwide campaign Act Now.
With the support of the Belgian Tax Shelter.
Programme
- Scientific explanation on climate change by Inge Jockheere
- Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question
- Antonio Vivaldi / Hugh Crosthwaite - The (Uncertain) Four Seasons
Performers
- Jan Orawiec, violin and musical leader
- Was born in Poland
- Studied in Paris with under Boris Garlitsky
- Continued his studies with Maxim Vengerov in Saarbrücken
- Played on prestigious stages all over the world
- Was concertmaster of the Liège and Rotterdam orchestras
- Is currently concertmaster of the Flanders Symphonic Orchestra
- Niek Baar, violin
- Was born in Rotterdam in 1991
- Received his first violin lesson at the age of eight
- Studied at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague
- Continued his studies in Berlin and Munich
- Made his solo debut as a 16-year-old with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Won the Princess Christina Competition in 2010
- Won the Oskar Back violin competition in 2018
- Flanders Symphonic Orchestra
- Was founded in 1960 under the impetus of Dirk Varendonck, first chief conductor
- Exists of around sixty engaged and passionate musicians
- Creates opportunities for young, talented musicians, composers, soloists and conductors
- Is since 2017 orchestra in residence in Music Centre De Bijloke in Ghent
- Since the 2019-2020 season, Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska has been in charge
- Inge Jonckheere, Environmental Engineer
- Is a bio engineer by training and received a doctorate in earth observation and remote sensing (satellite science)
- Co-wrote the newest climate report of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations
- Is currently Head of Green Sollutions Division at the European Space Agency (ESA)
- Is engaged in the rebuilding and use of satellite systems to monitor the surface of the Earth in order to improve the land and forest management and ensure more sustainability
Practical
- Start time: 18:0 and 21:00
- Estimated end time: 19:30 and 22:30
- Concert location: Oud Dorp 2, 9260 Wichelen
- Bicycle parking - available
- Train station Wichelen - 15 min by foot
- Bus stop 'Statiestraat' - 4 min by foot
- Carpool with others to the concert via the Slinger platform
- Before and after the concert you can have a drink at the audience bar, provided by Vicaris
Do you have specific needs or require additional facilities? Please contact Fien Straetmans at toegankelijkheid@festival.be or +32 4 91 45 26 78.
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