carolinesiegers@me.com – Caroline Siegers

SILENT SONGS (2022)

Konstantin Krimmel, bariton; Hélène Grimaud, piano

These Songs were recorded at Turbinenhalle Stienitzsee in August 2022. A representative of „Kiev’s Avantgarde“, Valentin Silvestrov was initially a construction engineer and visited music school at night. He then studied composition with Boris Ljatoschinski and Lew Rewuzki.

In 2022, he came to Berlin from Kiev.

Op. 32 by Brahms was composed in 1864. All songs express some kind of conflict between lovers. „So stehn wir, ich und meine Weide“ is really my favourite.

A SENSE OF TIME

Lab concert, feat. a song by Mikis Theodorakis, ADAF Greece online 2022

In our laboratory, Stock and I are using our newly built MIDI-controllers pendulum and crank for the first time. The piece is a vivisection of Mikis Theodorakis‘ song „Tin porta anigo to vradi“, from Ta Lyrica, lyrics by Tassos Livaditis.

Since the basic idea of cranking a MIDI-Sequence is derived from the functionality of a music box, the original music box needs its place in the lab as well. And since the „triplet“, an instrument initially used in a theatre show in 2015, is still working, this punchcard dj instrument appears likewise.

Thank you Philipp for your lovely camera work.

MARIA BAPTIST BIG BAND (2022)

Maria Baptist Big Band, 4.3.2022 im Schlot, Berlin

This is a concert recording from Kunsthaus Schlot, Berlin.

It is a production realised with a very small team.

KALLE KALIMA (2022)

Flight from Sirius to Tegel C by Kalle Kalima,

KALLE KALIMA’s album LIVE ON PLANET BERLIN is out. Kalle is one of the 3 nominees for German Jazz Prize 2022. We did this rbbKultur record at the legendary AUFSTURZ, featuring Oliver Potratz on bass and Oliver Steidle on drums – just shortly before the pandemic came to Berlin. The album is a wild safari to the outskirts of planet earth. It is published on enja & yellowbird records.

THE CLARINET TRIO (2021)

The album TRANSFORMATIONS AND FURTHER PASSAGES features Jazz repertoire from the 1950s and ‘60s written by Albert Mangelsdorff, Joki Freund, Karl Berger, Klaus Lenz and Rolf Kühn, uniquely interpreted by masters of the clarinet Gebhard Ullmann, Jürgen Kupke and Michael Thieke.

Review by Lynn Bayley

The rbb recording from Großer Sendesaal was produced by Ulf Drechsel and supervised by Caroline Siegers.

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (2021)

Bayreuther Festspiele 2021, Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

theatrical director: Dmitri Tcherniakov

video director: Andy Sommer

montage: Caroline Siegers

ADVENT CALENDAR (2021)

Punchcard Records is a label for mostly punched music. In Dec. 2021 an entire advent calendar was released. Some of the short films are just as nice in summer.