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© Nikola Milatovic
Christian Muthspiel, Orjazztra Vienna
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"The spoken word poem only becomes effective when it is read aloud" said Ernst Jandl (1925-2000), the undisputed best interpreter of his own works. Whether sound poems, poems in "run-down language" or quatrains called "Stanzen", only Jandl's art of speaking made them sound adequate. In order to rescue this impressive, unmistakable voice and Jandl's poetic work from oblivion, Christian Muthspiel composed "vom Jandln zum Ernst" for his unorthodox jazz orchestra ORJAZZTRA VIENNA, creating the illusion of a live performance with Ernst Jandl, whose voice, extracted from various recordings, acts as the main soloist. Muthspiel performed together with Jandl in the 1980s and after Jandl's death performed the solo performance "für und mit ernst", in which he formed a duo with Jandl's voice, over one hundred times. His decades-long preoccupation with the work of Jandl, who was himself an ardent jazz fan, culminates here in a one-and-a-half-hour oratorio for poet's voice and seventeen jazz soloists to mark the centenary of his birth.
The two concerts will be ORJAZZTRA VIENNA's last in Vienna, as Christian Muthspiel is retiring from the stage at the end of 2025. (Press release)
Program and cast
Stephanie Schoiswohl, Patrick Dunst, Yvonne Moriel,
Robert Unterköfler, Ilse Riedler, Florian Bauer: saxophones, clarinets, flute
Gerhard Ornig, Lorenz Raab, Dominik Fuss: trumpets, flugelhorns
Alois Eberl, Daniel Holzleitner, Christina Lachberger: trombones
Stephanie Weninger: piano
Judith Ferstl, Marc Mezgolits: bass
Marton Juhasz, András Dés: drums, percussion
Christian Muthspiel: compositions, leader, voice
Duration: 90 Minuten ohne Pause
PORGY and BESS Jazzclub
Porgy & Bess (actually, Jazz and Music Club Porgy & Bess ) is a jazz club in the Riemergasse 11 in the 1st district of Vienna. The club , founded in 1993 is considered " the most important jazz organizer and trendy meeting point " of the Austrian capital .
The program of Porgy & Bess speaks to a very large audience , about 70,000 guests a year ; is accordingly Jazz " understood very pluralistic ," and the program " even in fringe areas , such as electronic music , contemporary music and world music penetrated . " Many international artists , particularly from the U.S. space , see also Austrian musician here an opportunity to perform . The club also offers the stage for events, such as the award of the Austrian World Music Award.
Musicologist Christian Scheib According to the Porgy & Bess " at the same time essential for the development of the musical ( jazz ) reality of a City" and needs and uses ' plain commonplace as urban space music. " It creates itself " through artistic preferences, acoustic quality , capacity and real capacity, the necessary exclusion of other clubs. " Here, the different areas of the jazz clubs allow - the area in front of the stage with tables, upstairs gallery , a lateral area with a bar at counter - different intense concentration on the concert scene . For Jazzthetik Porgy & Bess is even a " traditional club . "
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