Climate concert at the Übersee-Museum with ZMT participation: Great Ocean - The Blue Continent
On Saturday, 3 May at 19:00, the "Orchester des Wandels" will celebrate the opening of the new permanent exhibition "The Blue Continent - Islands of the Pacific" at the Übersee-Museum Bremen. The event will focus on the "Blue Continent" Pacific with music and talks at this concert in transition. What role does the Pacific play in the global climate, what research projects are undertaken in the region and what does the region sound like musically?
The audience can stroll between a total of nine stations within the museum and experience the impressive combination of scientific expertise and fantastic music. At six stations, guests can expect unusual ensembles with marimbas or didgeridoos, as well as classical chamber music formations with music from Pacific regions such as Oceania, New Zealand, North and South America and Asia. The musicians will play Terry Riley's ‘in C’ from the early days of minimal music. This will be followed by the in-house gamelan with the Arum Sih ensemble under the direction of Joachim Burkhardt.
Presentations by researchers and climate specialists await guests at the other 3 stations:
Dr Annette Breckwoldt |Interdisciplinary Marine Scientist...
...works at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and will take you to Oceania, to Fiji and New Caledonia, with lots of photos and impressions. Her recently launched second research project ‘SOCPacific’ (‘A Sea of Connections’) focuses on reef passages as key socio-ecological sites and communication zones. How can indigenous and academic knowledge be interwoven in order to conserve marine biodiversity and utilise it sustainably?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JDYu-5cyho
Dr Klaus Grosfeld |Climate Scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Managing Director of the Helmholtz Research Alliance ‘Regional Climate Change and Man (REKLIM)’...
... shows the enormously diverse and important role that the Pacific plays for our planet and for us humans - in connection with global climate events, as an important trade route and for the preservation of biodiversity.
https://www.meereisportal.de/wir-ueber-uns/team/dr-klaus-grosfeld
Dr Marleen Stuhr, Marine Scientist from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen...
...reports in her talk "From reef to beach - carbonate production, sediments and tropical coasts in transition" on the effects that human influences have on the central functions of the coral reef ecosystem - for example on coastal protection or the formation of islands - and how they can change tropical coasts. In addition to climate change and coral bleaching, the smallest creatures that produce white beaches also play an important role.
In cooperation with the Übersee-Museum Bremen, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the Helmholtz Association ‘Regional Climate Change and Humans (REKLIM)’ and the Bremer Philharmoniker e.V. The proceeds of the concert will go to ‘Orchester des Wandels e.V.’.
Participating ensembles
Oboe, didjeridoo, shakuhachi
Gregor Daul, oboe
As guests:
Anke Topp, Werner Sauer, Susanne Gesing, didjeridoo
Oliver Schmidt, shakuhachi
Marimba, violin, cello & percussion
Marina Miloradovic, violin
Karola von Borries, cello
Pao Hsuan Tseng, marimba
Simon Herron, percussion
Vincent Youmans (1898-1946), Tahiti Trot/Tea for Two
Gordon Stout (*1952), from Two Mexican Dances: No.2
Alan Menken (*1949), Under the Sea
Bassoon quartet
Dirk Ehlers
Johannes Wagner
Berker Sen
Naomi Kuchimura
Harp & Flute
Hélène Freyburger flute
Amandine Carbuccia, harp
Works by Jean Cras, Gabriel Fauré and others.
Cello
Benjamin Stiehl
Steve Reich (*1936)
Cello Counterpoint for cello solo & tape
and another ensemble of the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra
Gamelan-Ensemble Arum-Sih (as guest)
Conductor Joachim Burkhardt
Advance ticket sale: regular 24€/reduced 12€
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