Workers Union Dance in Nijmegen

Dance performance based on music composed by Louis Andriessen

August 5, 6 and 8, Cultuurspinnerij De Vasim, Nijmegen

8.30 pm

Special offer: claim 15% off tickets by ordering through www.muziekzomer.nl (discountcode NJO-Nijmegen)

 NJO Muziekzomer presents ‘Workers Union’, a music and dance performance created by Regina van Berkel named after ‘Workers Union’ by Louis Andriessen.

Last year, choreographer Van Berkel created ‘Music for a Summer Evening’ for the NJO Muziekzomer 2014. ‘Music for a Summer Evening’ was a very successful show brought on stage in Radio Kootwijk, a former broadcast station in a lovely part of the province of Gelderland in The Netherlands. 

This year, Regina van Berkel and stage designer Dietmar Janeck needed an industrial building for their new show. They chose an old factory in the city of Nijmegen: Cultuurspinnerij De Vasim, a remarkable building with an equally striking interior. Huge arches add to the unique atmosphere. The audience will move around the space during the performance.

Ten students from 4 European colleges will dance to several works by Andriessen -- including Workers Union, written ‘for any loud-sounding group of instruments’.

Musicians:

Tim Sabel - piano

Martin van Hees - guitar

Isa Goldschmeding - violin

Daan van Koppen - saxophone

Jennifer Heins - percussion

Students from:

Rotterdamse Dansacademie (Codarts) Rotterdam,

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main,

Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz,

Ballettschule "Star Ballet", Mainz und Oppenheim

Free guided tours before each concert (7.30 pm) can be booked by sending an email to: muziekzomer@njo.nl  (subject ‘rondleiding De Vasim’).

Check for more information about the music festival NJO Muziekzomer: www.muziekzomer.nl

"Workers Union" and "De Volharding" in Seattle

The Box Is Empty performs Louis Andriessen's "Workers Union" and "De Volharding" (Perseverance). 
Thursday 25 August 2011, 8:00 p.m., at the Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle, WA.
With Ivan Arteaga, Holly Carlton, and Jay Gillespie, saxophones; Nicole Herrald, Chris McGann, and Erik Reed, trumpets; Steve Herrald, Jen Hinkle, and Masa Ohtake, trombones; Amanda Harris, piano; Maria Mannisto, amplified voice; and Evan Woodle, percussion.  Jeremiah Cawley, conductor.

Workers Union in Boston

New Music Festival at Boston Conservatory includes performance of Workers Union (November 15th).
"Only in the case that every player plays with such an intention that his part is an essential one, the work will succeed, just as as in the political work".
Here you can see Bang on a Can All Stars performing this piece.