Hermann Nitsch

28.11.1999 Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof / Historical hall Die Musik des 6-Tage-Spiels 1998 (excerpts) Orchestra concert with 40 musicians, conductor: Andrea Cusumano Noise music, shouting choirs and sounds of all kinds are an integral component of the actions of Hermann Nitsch, who was born in Vienna in 1938. He has pursued his grandly conceived theatrical concept, a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk known as the “Orgien-Mysterien-Theater”, since the ’60s. Parallel to his theater work, Nitsch made concerts and recordings entitled “Selten gehörte Musik” (seldom heard music) during the ’70s in collaboration with artists such as Günter Brus, Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm and Oswald Wiener. In addition, the artist produced compositions for the organ as well as orchestral…

Yves Klein

25.11.1999 Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof / Historical hall Symphonie Monoton – Silence 1947 – 1961 Performance with 20 singers, 10 violins, 10 cellos and each 3 double basses, flutes, oboes and horns Orchester GENERATION BERLIN, director: Christian von Borries Introduction: Valerian Maly Yves Klein, who was born 1928 in Nice and died in 1962, developed a multidimensional life’s work within a few short years. A central figure in the “nouveau réalistes” group, “Yves the phenomenon” (as he was often called) created a single musical work that, in light of recent music history, appears as a phenomenal creation indeed. “Symphonie Monoton – Silence” consists of a single sustained sound followed by an extended “absolute” silence. In…