Cologne's Eight Bridges Festival has selected Enno Poppe as its 2023 portrait composer. Between May 4 and 12, the renowned festival presents ten works by Poppe, including the full-evening pieces Prozession (Ensemble Muskfabrik) and Speicher (EnsembleKollektiv Berlin), an audiovisual installation featuring Wald as well as two world premieres in one day: Strom for François-Xavier Roth and his Gürzenich Orchestra and Laub presented by Ensemble Recherche. In addition to Poppe, this year's festival programme also includes Ricordi composers Riccardo Nova, Fausto Romitelli, Samir Odeh-Tamimi and Francesca Verunelli.


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Performances and Streams

4 May
Scherben – Zürich version für ensemble
consord, Lautaro Mura Fuentealba (cond.)

4 May
Rundfunk for ensemble
ensemble mosaik

5-12 May
Wald for ensemble (part of audio-visual installation "im wald")
WARPED TYPE (video and concept), Ensemble Resonanz, Enno Poppe (cond.)

5 May
Rad for ensemble
Fleisch for ensemble
ensemble mosaik

5 May
Prozession for ensemble
Ensemble Muskfabrik, Enno Poppe (cond.)

6 May
Speicher for ensemble
EnsembleKollektiv Berlin, Enno Poppe (cond.)

12 & 14 May (WP)
Strom for orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth (cond.)

12 May (WP)
Laub for septet
Ensemble Recherche

12 May
Augen 25 songs for soprano and chamber orchestra
Sarah Maria Sun (soprano), WDR Sinfonieorchester, Elena Schwarz (cond.)
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Score of Strom