Wooden Elephant

Besetzung:

Wooden Elephant
Aoife Ní Bhriain | Violine
Hulda Jónsdóttir | Violine
Ian Anderson | Viola
Stefan Hadjiev | Violoncello
Nikolai Matthews | Kontrabass

program

Hildegard von Bingen // 1098–1179
Ausgewählte Werke
Steve Reich // 1936 
Electric Counterpoint // 1987

// Pause //

Radiohead
Das Album Kid A arrangiert für Streichquintett von Wooden Elephant // 2000

Place

The Brucknerhaus is a festival and congress centre in Linz, Austria named after the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner Its construction took place from 1969 to 1973. It opened on 23 March 1974.

It holds about 200 performances per year, with about 180,000 of total audience. It is home to the Ars Electronica festival and Brucknerfest. In conjunction with the Austrian broadcasting company Österreichischer Rundfunk, it also organizes the Linzer Klangwolke, an annual musical event.

Brucknerhaus has three main halls:

Large or Brucknersaal (named after Anton Bruckner): 1,420 seats, standing room for 150
Middle or Stiftersaal (named after Adalbert Stifter): 352 seats, standing room for 40
Small or Keplersaal (named after Johannes Kepler): 100–150 seats