Red Note Ensemble and Red Note Academy players will be giving a masterclasses and side-by-side workshops on Louis Andriessen’s ‘Workers Union’ with pupils from Knox Academy.
Workers Union was originally written for the orchestra De Volharding (Perseverance), in which Louis figured as a pianist at that time.
This piece is a combination of individual freedom and severe discipline: its rhythm is exactly fixed; the pitch, on the other hand, is indicated only approximately, on a single-lined stave.
It is difficult to play in an ensemble and to remain in step, sort of thing like organising and carrying on political action.
Louis Andriessen Worker’s Union
(1990)
Only for information, not a public event.
