Laurie Anderson is one of America's best-known creative pioneers. Her 1982 debut album Big Science marked the start of an impressive career in avant-garde music, and the inspiration for Ars Musica theme edition 2022. Laurie Anderson will join the Brussels Philharmonic for this concert in Bozar. Based on Amelia Earhart’s pilot log from her historic attempt to circumnavigate the world in 1937, Songs for Amelia Earhart is a panoramic work that features Earhart’s words and Anderson’s signature work with song structure.
Amelia 2010
By Laurie Anderson, arranged for string orchestra by Dennis Russell Davies.
Brussels Philharmonic
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor
Laurie Anderson - voice, electronics , violin
Rubin Kodheli - cello
Amelia features text from Amelia Earhart’s pilot’s log from her last trip around the world.
Adapted from Songs for A.E. a work for full orchestra first performed in 2000 by the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall New York City.
Downpour 2022
By Laurie Anderson, arranged for Brussels Philharmonic by Stéphane Collin.
Brussels Philharmonic
Dennis Russell Davies – soloist and conductor
Laurie Anderson - voice, electronics , violin
Adrien Lambinet - trombone
Eric Thielemans - percussion
Eve Beuvens - piano
Downpour is a work made especially for the festival and will feature songs adapted from Anderson’s Grammy winning 2018 album Landfall with the Kronos Quartet and improvisations with three Brussels musicians.
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Henry Le Boeuf Hall
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