Spectra Ensemble

Basics

Artistic director:Filip Rathé
Conductor:Filip Rathé
Size:7-20
Instruments:

NUCLEUS:

Flute (one player: also piccolo, alto-, bass-flute), Clarinet (one player: also Es-, Alto, bass-clarinet), Violin , Viola, Cello, Piano, Percussion

EXTENSION:

oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin 2, double bass, harp, percussion 2, electronics, ...

Specific equipment:

Cimbalom, Bayan, electronics

CountryBelgium
PartnerFlanders Music Centre

Statistics

20082007200620052004
Performances412142
Pieces483440
National Pieces222222
International Pieces261218
First performances6156
Commisions6156
Audience15080110623025

Repertoire

Main national repertoire

Karel Goeyvaerts - Zum Wasserman; Litanie 4; Les voix du verseau Lucien Goethals - Cuatro poemas de Federico Garcia Lorca (commission); Cascaras Luc Brewaeys - OBAN Annelies Van Parys - Colours Frank Nuyts - Five penny Bits and the seven beat’s itch Lucien Posman - De Laatste hooivracht ; The book of thel

International repertoire

Nicolaus A. Huber - An hölderlins Umnachtung; Music on Canvas (commission) Mauricio Kagel - Die Stücke der Windrose Jörg Birkenkötter - Schwebende Form Claude Vivier - Bouchara, Pulau Dewata Salvatore Sciarrino - Omaggio a Burri, Luciano Berio - Chemins II, Différences Luca Francesconi - Kubrick’s Bone (commission) György Ligeti - Klavierkonzert Steve Reich - Eight Lines György Kurtag - The Messages of the late Mrs. Troussova op. 17

Potential use of the Re:new repertoire

SPECTRA Ensemble will select works from the offer and construct thematical programmes around it to incorporate the pieces in our regular programming, national and international. In addition a special concert can be organized together with the collegue Flemish ensemble Champ d’Action to give a first national presentation of the yearly selected works in Flanders.

Submitted pieces

All pieces premiered by the SPECRA Ensemble (commissions = *)

Bart Van Hecke - La Hora de la Luz (2006) *

Frank Nuyts - Abduction of the East (2007)

Bert Van Herck - Spectra (2007) (2007) *

Annelies Van Parys - Colours (2005)

Luc Brewaeys - Cardhu (2008) *

Thomas Smetreyns - Annandale (2003) *

Daan Janssens - (...étude scénographique...) (2007)

Filip Rathé - La velocidad de las tinieblas (2005)

Address book

Adress

Spectra Ensemble Hundelgemsesteenweg 204/3 -  9050 Ledeberg (Gent) T&F:+32 9 225 68 34 e-mail mailto:info@spectraensemble.com

website

www.spectraensemble.com

 


Information

The mission of SPECTRA Ensemble is the promotion and stimulation of the national contemporary repertoire through high-standard performances, an active policy towards commissions (national and international) and first performances. Working with a basic nucleus and a fixed group of extra’s guarantees, together with the chamber music inspired intensive rehearsal attitude, powerful and lively, as well as refined performances. Programming generally confronts national repertoire with international composers in concerts, music-theatre and happenings in concerthalls, musea, special locations in Belgium as well as abroad. A special interest of SPECTRA Ensemble lies in the work with voices.

Activity

Participation

Festival Musica Nova Santos (Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil);   Ars Musica festival;   November Music Festival;    Huddersfield New Music Fesival;  Traiettorie Festival (Parma 2007)

Participation abroad

coming soon!

Discography

(1) Belgian Contemporary Chamber Music (Vox Temporis/René Gailly CD92 026) (2) Gilberto Mendes - Chamber Music (Vox Temporis/René Gailly CD92 030) (4) Lucien Goethals - Complete vocal chamber music (double CD) Nicolaus A. Huber - Chamber Music (in preparation: 2008) Flemish Contemporary Chamber Music (in preparation: 2008)

Concert relations

Partner of Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Ghent

Collaboration agreement with Flanders Operastudi since 2003

Media relations

coming soon!