The 36th Festival Music Unlimited in the Welser Schl8hof also sees itself as a green event. It was recommended to arrive climate-neutral, in the bar/restaurant on the first floor mostly meatless food was offered, which did not fill all visitors with joy. Accompanying the 15 concerts there was a fine photo exhibition by Peter Gannushkin and a sound installation.
Singer Agnes Hvizdalek spanned the musical arc of the Music Unlimited festival in the Welser Schl8hof, which she curated under the term “the future starts now”. You could hear everything from whispers on recorders, electronics and accordion to pounding, a little bit plain metal with Norwegian trio Yawn. The young visitors, who attended the festival in a gratifyingly large number, were delighted with the precision and intensity of what was on offer.
A message of peace and a wild mix of styles
The same applies to the technoid duo Hvizdaleks with electronics engineer Jakob Schneidewind. Small-scale, repetitive, very haunting, a kind of minimal music for the 21st century. Trumpeter Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, who also plays the piano, offered a wild mix of styles from Afro-American and European string quartet tradition. He wanders through musical worlds, combines new concert music with gospel sounds, works as a stage performer and unfortunately delivers a message of peace that is more necessary than ever. The four violinists lay a suitable foundation for his jazzy trumpet excursions, but they always convince as soloists, especially a prelude by cellist Nathan Watts, which is also reminiscent of Bach, was able to inspire.
The duo Beam Splitter opens the second day of the festival with loud, powerful dialogues for voice – great Audrey Chen – and a booming trombone, followed by the equally spectacular and light-footed saxophones of Signe Emmeluth and Hanne de Backer. The highlight of the day was undoubtedly the Borderlands Trio. Kris Davis, Stephan Crump and Eric McPherson perfectly intonate piano, bass and percussion. The tension is effortlessly maintained for over an hour, virtuosity is not superficially displayed, but serves as the natural foundation of the musical message. A masterpiece, which is quite rightly enthusiastically acclaimed. Tomorrow you will read the final day and a summary of the 36th Music Unlimited in the OÖN.
Source: Nachrichten
