Musikfabrik

Sarah Nemtsov: New works from the SEPHIROT cycle

for the Musikfabrik

G’VURAH

for amplified double bass solo with effect pedals ^WP

BINAH, CHOCHMAH

for bass clarinet and lupophone & turntables ^WP

HOD

for trumpet in Bb, horn and tuba ^WP

NETZACH installation

for glass cube and tape ^WP

TIPHERET

for electric violin solo with effect pedals, thunder sheet, tape and transducer ^WP

YESOD

for piccolo flute and percussion ^WP

DA’AT

for electric guitar solo ^WP

Yaron Deutsch, electric guitar

Ensemble Musikfabrik

Helen Bledsoe, piccolo flute
Christine Chapman, horn
Marco Blaauw, trumpet
Maxime Morel, tuba
Carl Rosman, bass clarinet
Martin Bliggenstorfer, lupophone
Dirk Rothbrust, drums
Yaron Deutsch, electric guitar
Hannah Weirich, electric violin/turntables
Florentin Ginot, double bass
Paul Jeukendrup, sound direction

The ten sephirot are an essential part of Jewish mysticism as a symbol of the connection between the divine and the human being. They represent the different qualities and forces that are part of life and are connected to each other in the Kabbalistic tree of life. ‘What fundamentally fascinates me about this image is that all the sephira correspond to each other; it is a network, a structure that supports itself through connections or interconnectedness and finds a balance.’ Sarah Nemtsov’s very subjective examination of the contradictory interpretations of the Sephirot is also a very personal attribution and dedication to the musicians at Musikfabrik.

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