Go guitars
Go Guitars is a German electric guitar ensemble that performs works from the fields of new music and experimental / improvised music .
occupation
Go Guitars was founded in 1997 as an electric guitar quintet to perform works by composers from the field of new music . The quintet consisted of Christian Bergmann, Gunnar Geisse , Gregor Holzapfel, Harald Lillmeyer and Adrian Pereyratogether. After some time, the desire arose - also through the discussion with the composers - to formulate its own language as an ensemble, to optimize the techniques developed and to find suitable game situations and forms for the group. With an increased focus on improvisation and musical-instrumental experiment, the trio go guitars, consisting of Gunnar Geisse, Harald Lillmeyer and Adrian Pereyra, was created in addition to the quintet, which is dedicated to these new tasks and demands on the orchestra.
history
In 1981 the New York composer Lois V Vierk wrote “Go Guitars”, a contemporary work for 5 electric guitars. The musicians first came together in 1997 for a performance of this piece to form the ensemble of the same name. As a result, the quintet dedicated itself to the interpretation of contemporary compositions. Works by Zoro Babel / Michael Lentz , John Cage , Fred Frith , Gunnar Geisse , Michael Hirsch, Tom Johnson , Chico Mello, Josef Anton Riedl , Iris ter Schiphorst , James Tenney , Lois V Vierk, Wolfgang Heisig , Bernhard Weidner and were performed Fredrik Zeller.
A highlight in 2005 was the Concerto Grosso Growth for 5 electric guitars and large orchestra by Fredrik Zeller , which Go Guitars premiered with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residence under the direction of Frank Ollu.
The concert series “processing” (2008) with the participation of international musicians such as Richard Barrett , Elliott Sharp and eRikm is an example of the increased focus on experimental / improvised music . The ensemble describes its work as follows: “For an open-ended development process that affects both people and music, the ensemble seeks dialogue and confrontation. The theoretical discourse on aesthetic and strategic questions of sound shaping or composition is just as important as the question of the performance practice of electronic, experimental, improvised and new music. "
Discography
- 2005 Go Guitars & Singer Pur Electric Seraphim , K&K Verlagsanstalt Edition Kloster Maulbronn
- 2001 Michael Lentz & Go Guitars that ends well. Speech files , edition selene / BR
World premieres
- 2005 Wolfgang Heisig , "HABseligungen (for Go Guitars)"
- 2005 Gunnar Geisse, "Untitled 2005"
- 2001 Matthias Hettmer , "On the edge of"
- 2001 Josef Anton Riedl, "getting stuck, turning, grinding, panting, branches"
- 2001 Frederik Zeller, "Sometimes electricity, sometimes no electricity",
- 2001 Frederik Zeller, “Sometimes electricity, sometimes no electricity; New version "
- 2001 Gunnar Geisse "YGDRASIL"
- 2001 Michael Lentz / Zoro Babel, "Arance dal Marocco (speaker, sampler and 5 electric guitars)"
- 2000 Michael Hirsch "start to swing up to fall (monologue for 5 electric guitars)"
- 2000 Bernhard Weidner "Miniature (for electric guitar quintet and tape)"
literature
- Program booklet "Breit Saite" 2005, MDR Musiksommer, editor: Steffen Schleiermacher
- Program booklet "musica viva" 2005/2006, publisher: musica viva / Bayerischer Rundfunk, editor: Dr. Larissa Kowal-Wolk, p. 24
- Program booklet "musica viva" 2002/2003, publisher: musica viva / Bayerischer Rundfunk, editor: Achim Heidenreich, p. 25
- Program booklet "musica viva" 2001/2002, publisher: musica viva / Bayerischer Rundfunk, editor: Winrich Hopp, p. 11
- Program booklet " A • DEvantgarde 6th Festival for New Music" 2001, publisher: A • DEvantgarde eV Projects for New Music
- Program announcement "musica viva", publisher: musica viva / Bayerischer Rundfunk, from April 24, 2001, Michael Lentz / Zoro Babel "arance dal marocco", world premiere
- Program booklet "Atlantic Festival - Mechanical Sound World" 1998, publisher: Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz e. V., Artistic Director: Sigune von Osten