Marco Blaauw and his ensemble combine three things: trumpets, the aim to refine their technique, and establishing a new repertoire. With »Monochrome«, the octet makes it doubly clear how much energy and depth is contained in musical minimalism. These works, composed for the WDR and the 2020 Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, make way for the experience of shifting distances and perspectives within a space. In the Festival Centre's multi-channel loudspeaker sound-circle, the compositions by Márton Illés and Justė Janulytė demonstrate, between dense sound-fields, fascinating installations and mathematical principles, that monochromatism is a uniformity, yet not uniform. The theme describes closeness, fluid transitions and subtle distinctions, signifying that here is something that is both fundament and accent.

The event will take place in all weathers, insofar as it is reasonable for the musicians. Please provide rainproof clothing if necessary.