NeoQuartet - EUROPE: CHALLENGES STILL RELEVANT

Helmut Zapf: ‘Pressed Time in Green Ice’ (2025)
In this lyrical, single-movement work, the composer embarks on a journey through a 'workshop of memories,' melting the ice of the past century’s sound conquests to reveal a renewed, hopeful green. The title reflects both the emotional tension and the possibility of renewal in today’s world.

Agata Zemla: ‘Greenscreen’ for string quartet, live electronics and video (2025)
This multimedia composition creatively explores themes of ecology, gender equality, and the latest concepts related to democratic systems.

Johannes Kalitzke: ‘EUROPA' for string quartet and electronics
EUROPA is inspired by the 1931 silent film by Stefan and Franciszka Themerson—a 14-minute collage of naturalistic and abstract images reflecting the mindset of Western civilisation.

This concert is presented with support from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation.

Part of the JANUARY NEW MUSIC WEEKEND III

The JdP’s third January New Music Weekend welcomes back the NeoQuartet of Gdansk for two concerts of Polish and German music that ranges greatly from environmental multimedia work to ambient trance music. Another festival theme is contemporary music for gamelan given by the British crack gamelan ensemble, Hammer & Bronze. The remainder of the festival consists of work by emerging Oxford composers – Screaming Mouth, Sonova, Red Lipstick and Holly Gowland.

Weekend Pass - £45 / £15 students (free for music students)
Day Pass (valid for Saturday or Sunday) - £25 / £10 students
See instructions on tickets oxford website on how to book weekend or day passes

Schedule below (see each event listing for more details):

Friday 16 January
18:00, JdP Music Building - NeoQuartet Composition Workshop, £15 / £5

Saturday 17 January
14:30, JdP Music Building - Screaming Mouth, £10 / £5
16:45, Pavilion - Lecture on Stefan and Franciszka Themerson's 'Europa' Film, £10 / £5
18:00, Pavilion - NeoQuartet Concert, £25 / £10
19:45, JdP Music Building - Holly Gowland: Music for Electronics, £10 / £5
21:15, JdP Music Building - NeoQuartet Concert, £25 / £10

Sunday 18 January
14:30, JdP Music Building - Sonova & Red Lipstick, £10 / £5
16:00, Pavilion - Lecture on composition for Javanese gamelan instruments, £10 / £5
18:30, Pavilion - Hammer & Bronze: Gamelan Concert, £25 / £10