Kammer-Spiele. Madrigali

In 2025, the Neue Vocalsolisten are celebrating a special anniversary with the Kammer-Spiele series. The singers will present milestones from this repertoire in six concerts between now and the end of the year. Here they dedicate themselves to the supreme discipline of vocal art.

18:30 in P1: Introduction with Ming Tsao and ensemble members
19:30 in T3: Concert
21:30 in P1: After show with snacks and drinks

MADRIGAL

Ming Tsao: The canon book that became water
for six voices (2016/17)

Salvatore Sciarrino: 12 madrigali
on haikus by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashô (2008)

New vocal soloists

The madrigal, which flourished in the Renaissance, is once again the supreme discipline of the art of composition with voices. And Salvatore Sciarrino is its master.
"When, if not now?
Where, if not here?
Who, if not you?
This is what my music says to those who listen to it. It seeks an encounter and extends an invitation: Open your mind, sharpen your awareness. Or simply: follow me.
I guide the listener into the music and stimulate them with tiny events..."

Like his opera, Ming Tsao's "The Waterworn Canon Book" is also based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
"You can think of it as an epilogue to my opera, when Prospero's influence has disappeared and the spirits can rediscover their music.
Caliban: This island is full of roars, sounds and graceful melodies that amuse and do no harm."