What does a score tell a performer — and what does it leave unsaid? OpusNovus takes its title from Enno Poppe’s Brot, an instrumental reimagining of an aria from his opera Arbeit Nahrung Wohnung, where the mundane becomes a doorway into intricate sonic worlds. Thomas Sikorski’s Diafornia (1973) builds its hypnotic landscape from repetition and restraint, while Younghi Pagh-Paan’s Silbersaiten II pushes gesture and resonance to expressive extremes. Peter Edwards’ Li Lo No closes the evening by probing the threshold between movement and sound. The program closes with Louis Andriessen’s landmark Workers Union (1975), a work of radical indeterminacy that redistributes authority between composer and performers. Together, these works map the outer edges of what notation can be — and what music can do when it steps beyond the page.
PROGRAMME
ENNO POPPE
Brot
LIN SHU-YU (BMus3), horn
YEH TSUNG-RUEI (BMus3), trumpet
ZHU JIANYU (BMus3), trombone
ISABEL CHIN CHUN EN, percussion
MI MAW LI AWNGÂ (BMus3), piano
THOMAS SIKORSKI
Diafornia
XIE LINGFEI (BMus3), piano
MI MAW LI AWNG (BMus3), piano
YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN
Silbersaiten II
HAYDEN CHUNG-HEI BUTT (BMus3), clarinet
XIE LINGFEI (BMus3), piano
LIU YUBIN (BMus3), cello
PETER EDWARDS
Li Lo No
LIN SIN-YUE (BMus3), piano
SYU CHENG-YI (BMus3), violin
LIU YUBIN (BMus3), cello
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN
Workers Union
LAZUTINA ANNA VLADIMIROVNA (BMus2), flute
HAYDEN CHUNG-HEI BUTT (BMus3), clarinet
WEN XIYU (BMus3), bassoon
LIN SHU-YU (BMus3), horn
TSENG HUA-CHIH (BMus3), horn
YEH TSUNG-RUEI (BMus3), trumpet
ZHU JIANYU (BMus3), trombone
LIM JUN YI (BMus3), tuba
KUO YAN-SHIN (BMus3), percussion
ISABEL CHIN CHUN EN (BMus3), percussion
XIE LINGFEI (BMus3), piano
PENG YIYANG (BMus3), violin
SUN ZHENYAO (BMus3), violin
LU MINA (BMus3), viola
TICKETING INFORMATION
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ACCESSIBILITY
YST offers step-free access from the street to all venues within the building. Accessible seating arrangements can be made for patrons with access needs. If you require more information about our facilities or wish to book accessible seats, please contact muscomms@nus.edu.sg