The Cycle of Nature

Zachary Mowitz, cello
Nick DiBerardino: Sensory Ecology (World premiere)

Nick DiBerardino: Sensory Ecology (World premiere)

Sensory Ecology celebrates research by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’s Sensory Ecology and Bioacoustics Lab. These scientists have taken audio recordings of healthy coral reefs — some from decades ago — and played them back on underwater speakers into damaged reef ecosystems. What the researchers have discovered is extraordinary: the sounds of a healthy reef can encourage coral larvae to recolonize, healing damaged ecosystems. This incredible fact serves as a guiding metaphor for this music, in which every sound in the electronics is generated from a coral reef recording.

This piece was commissioned by the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. Electronics support and video design were provided by Gulli Bjornsson. Coral reef recordings were generously provided by Tim Lamont, Lancaster University; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and Aran Mooney and collaborators, including Nadege Aoki, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Karavan Ensemble
Lorenzo Gatto, violin & conductor
Héloïse Houzé, viola
Julien Brocal, piano
Lisette Lombé, writing and spoken word
Adam Suska, violin
Héloïse Houzé, viola

” The Cycle of Nature “

Long before we appeared on Earth, nature was already following its ineluctable cycles of cataclysms and new beginnings.
With our arrival, humans – sorcerer’s apprentices – have added their share of unpredictability and uncertainty.
Will we be able to get through the trials we endure, and those we cause others to endure? This question resonates more than ever.
This concert, presented by the Karavan ensemble and its director Lorenzo Gatto, takes you on a perilous journey between birth and rebirth.
With the participation of Lisette Lombé and alumni of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.

Tickets:
32-22€*

* – 26, + 65, unemployed, person with a disability, free under 3 years old
Special conditions for Maecenas: funding@musicchapel.org

le chapel restaurant:
18:00>20:00

Booking: Zenchef only

We would like to thank:

Our structural sponsors – Belfius & Proximus.

The Foundations – Baillet Latour Fund, Foundation Futur21, King Baudouin Foundation, Guttman Collection, Aureus –, the corporate partners – Immobel, Galileo Global Advisors, Iscal, LMNO – all the Maecenas and those who prefer to remain anonymous.

Thank you also to our public support – Belspo, the « Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles », the « Province du Brabant Wallon », the « Commune de Waterloo » & alle spelers van de Nationale Loterij. & tous les joueurs de la Loterie Nationale.