Black Box Music

Percussion Solo, Video and Ensemble
Duration ca. 32 minutes
2012

Black Box Music is scored for percussion solo, amplified box, 15 instruments and video. The starting point is the classical soloist-conductor, only in this case, the conducting and solo part are one and the same. The setting is a traditional theatre stage with curtains, props and light; only in this case, the stage is also an instrument. Black Box Music could be said to be a deconstruction of conducting and puppet theatre as well as an exploration and exploitation of the audio/visual relations inherent in conducting and staging. The “grand show” is in three movements, starting with ‘Ouverture’ and ‘Slow Middle Movement’ and then finishing off with a festive, pompous, 'Self-Imploding Finale’.

Commissioned by Håkon Stene and Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2012

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Mar 10, 2019
Black Box Music
Tomek Szczepaniak + Ensemble
Charlottenborg
Copenhagen
Denmark
Sep 27, 2018
Black Box Music
Roberto Maqueda et al.
--
Montevideo
Uruguay
Sep 26, 2018
Black Box Music
Roberto Maqueda et al.
--
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sep 23, 2018
Black Box Music
Roberto Maqueda et al.
--
La Plata
Argentina
Feb 8, 2018
20:00
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene, Scenatet and Friends
Heimathafeen
Neuköln, Berlin
Germany
Dec 13, 2017
Black Box Music
Roberto Maqueda Dominguez
-
Badajoz
Spain
Sep 23, 2017
Black Box Music
1st movement
Carlota Cáceres
Kaserne
Basel
Switzerland
Apr 16, 2017
Black Box Music
-
TBC
Zagreb
Croatia
Oct 1, 2016
Black Box Music
Harpa
Reykjavik
Iceland
Sep 11, 2016
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Ensemble Modern
Klangspuren
Schwaz
Austria
Nov 29, 2015
Black Box Music, Run Time Error
Ensemble Modern
Frankfurter Lab
Frankfurt
Germany
Nov 19, 2015
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and NADAR Ensemble
VTBA
Sint Niclaas
Belgium
Nov 18, 2015
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and the NADAR Ensemble
Concertgebouw
Brugge
Belgium
Aug 29, 2015
Black Box Music
Aarhus Sinfonietta
Susaa Festival
Næstved
Denmark
Aug 28, 2015
Black Box Music
Aarhus Sinfonietta
Open dress rehearsal
Aarhus
Denmark
Apr 30, 2015
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Ensemble Modern
NDR
Hamburg
Germany
Mar 7, 2015
Black Box Music, Chambered Music, Study for String Music #1, Study for String Instrument #2, Study for String Instrument #3, Amid
Stene and OENM
Salzburger Biennale
Salzburg
Austria
Mar 4, 2015
23:03
Buenos Aires, Black Box Music, Study for String Instrument #1
-
Broadcast on German radio SWR2
-
Germany
Feb 7, 2015
Black Box Music
Håkon Steene and Ensemble Modern
Theaterhaus Stuttgart / ECLAT
Stuttgart
Germany
Aug 21, 2014
Black Box Music
Håkon Steene and Aarhus Sinfonietta
RoundHouse
London
UK
Apr 30, 2014
Black Box Music
Haakon Stene and Ensemble 2e2
Auditorium Marcel Landowski
Paris
France
Mar 28, 2014
20:30
Black Box Music
Haakon Stene and Oslo Sinfonietta
Muziekgebouw
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Mar 12, 2014
19:30
Black Box Music, Run Time Error
SSA, Håkon Stene, London Sinfonietta
Queen Elisabeth Hall
London
UK
Feb 12, 2014
Black Box Music
Oslo Sinfonietta for Norwegian school schildren
VTBA
Oslo
Norway
Oct 26, 2013
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Aarhus Sinfonietta
Koncertkirken (opening the Wundergrund Festival)
Copenhagen
Denmark
Black Box Music

Percussion Solo, Video and Ensemble
Duration ca. 32 minutes
2012

Black Box Music is scored for percussion solo, amplified box, 15 instruments and video. The starting point is the classical soloist-conductor, only in this case, the conducting and solo part are one and the same. The setting is a traditional theatre stage with curtains, props and light; only in this case, the stage is also an instrument. Black Box Music could be said to be a deconstruction of conducting and puppet theatre as well as an exploration and exploitation of the audio/visual relations inherent in conducting and staging. The “grand show” is in three movements, starting with ‘Ouverture’ and ‘Slow Middle Movement’ and then finishing off with a festive, pompous, 'Self-Imploding Finale’.

Commissioned by Håkon Stene and Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2012

No items found.
Mar 10, 2019
Black Box Music
Tomek Szczepaniak + Ensemble
Charlottenborg
Copenhagen
Denmark
Sep 27, 2018
Black Box Music
Roberto Maqueda et al.
--
Montevideo
Uruguay
Sep 26, 2018
Black Box Music
Roberto Maqueda et al.
--
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sep 23, 2018
Black Box Music
Roberto Maqueda et al.
--
La Plata
Argentina
Feb 8, 2018
20:00
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene, Scenatet and Friends
Heimathafeen
Neuköln, Berlin
Germany
Dec 13, 2017
Black Box Music
Roberto Maqueda Dominguez
-
Badajoz
Spain
Sep 23, 2017
Black Box Music
1st movement
Carlota Cáceres
Kaserne
Basel
Switzerland
Apr 16, 2017
Black Box Music
-
TBC
Zagreb
Croatia
Oct 1, 2016
Black Box Music
Harpa
Reykjavik
Iceland
Sep 11, 2016
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Ensemble Modern
Klangspuren
Schwaz
Austria
Nov 29, 2015
Black Box Music, Run Time Error
Ensemble Modern
Frankfurter Lab
Frankfurt
Germany
Nov 19, 2015
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and NADAR Ensemble
VTBA
Sint Niclaas
Belgium
Nov 18, 2015
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and the NADAR Ensemble
Concertgebouw
Brugge
Belgium
Aug 29, 2015
Black Box Music
Aarhus Sinfonietta
Susaa Festival
Næstved
Denmark
Aug 28, 2015
Black Box Music
Aarhus Sinfonietta
Open dress rehearsal
Aarhus
Denmark
Apr 30, 2015
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Ensemble Modern
NDR
Hamburg
Germany
Mar 7, 2015
Black Box Music, Chambered Music, Study for String Music #1, Study for String Instrument #2, Study for String Instrument #3, Amid
Stene and OENM
Salzburger Biennale
Salzburg
Austria
Mar 4, 2015
23:03
Buenos Aires, Black Box Music, Study for String Instrument #1
-
Broadcast on German radio SWR2
-
Germany
Feb 7, 2015
Black Box Music
Håkon Steene and Ensemble Modern
Theaterhaus Stuttgart / ECLAT
Stuttgart
Germany
Aug 21, 2014
Black Box Music
Håkon Steene and Aarhus Sinfonietta
RoundHouse
London
UK
Apr 30, 2014
Black Box Music
Haakon Stene and Ensemble 2e2
Auditorium Marcel Landowski
Paris
France
Mar 28, 2014
20:30
Black Box Music
Haakon Stene and Oslo Sinfonietta
Muziekgebouw
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Mar 12, 2014
19:30
Black Box Music, Run Time Error
SSA, Håkon Stene, London Sinfonietta
Queen Elisabeth Hall
London
UK
Feb 12, 2014
Black Box Music
Oslo Sinfonietta for Norwegian school schildren
VTBA
Oslo
Norway
Oct 26, 2013
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Aarhus Sinfonietta
Koncertkirken (opening the Wundergrund Festival)
Copenhagen
Denmark
Black Box Music

Percussion Solo, Video and Ensemble
Duration ca. 32 minutes
2012

Black Box Music is scored for percussion solo, amplified box, 15 instruments and video. The starting point is the classical soloist-conductor, only in this case, the conducting and solo part are one and the same. The setting is a traditional theatre stage with curtains, props and light; only in this case, the stage is also an instrument. Black Box Music could be said to be a deconstruction of conducting and puppet theatre as well as an exploration and exploitation of the audio/visual relations inherent in conducting and staging. The “grand show” is in three movements, starting with ‘Ouverture’ and ‘Slow Middle Movement’ and then finishing off with a festive, pompous, 'Self-Imploding Finale’.

Commissioned by Håkon Stene and Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2012

No items found.
May 9, 2013
Black Box Music
-
SPOR Festival
Aarhus
Denmark
Mar 21, 2013
19:30
Run Time Error, Next To Beside Besides, Black Box Music, rerendered, Half a Bit of Nothing Integrated, History of My Instrument
10 pieces with video
students of the Conservatory of Lucerne
Südpol
Lucerne
Switzerland
Mar 5, 2013
20:00
Black Box Music
(first movement)
the Aventa Ensemble
Philip T. Young Recital Hall
Victoria
Canada
Mar 4, 2013
20:00
Black Box Music
(first movement)
Aventa Ensemble
Rozsa Centre
Calgary
Canada
Mar 2, 2013
20:00
Black Box Music
(first movement)
Aventa Ensemble
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Winnipeg
Canada
Feb 28, 2013
20:00
Black Box Music
Aventa Ensemble
The Roulette
New York
US
Jan 25, 2013
19:00
Black Box Music, Study for String Instrument #1, Next To Beside Besides
(1st mov., prerec. solopart)
-
Akademie für Zeitgen. Musik
Lucerne
Switzerland
Nov 17, 2012
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Oslo Sinfonietta
VTBA
Huddersfield
UK
Sep 7, 2012
19:30
Black Box Music
-
Broadcast in norwegian radio NRK P2
Norway
Sep 6, 2012
19:30
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Oslo Sinfonietta
City Hall (Ultima Festival Opening)
Oslo
Norway
Jul 23, 2012
23:00
Black Box Music
Håkon Stene and Oslo Sinfonietta
613m2
Darmstadt
Germany
Jul 23, 2012
22:00
Black Box Music
Premiere
Håkon Stene and Oslo Sinfonietta
613m2
Darmstadt
Germany