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Song composed by Jeroen Kimman.
Composer Wilbert Bulsink and illustrator Geert Glas cycled 9000 kilometers across Europe: via Scandinavia to Istanbul and from there onwards to Macedonia. Everywhere they came, they received a warm welcome, but were warned for the next village. In Götterfunken the Rosa Ensemble joins their trip.
Götterfunken is performance about the European spirit; about national identity, xenophobia and international unity. It is a mix of music, field recordings, songs, stories, images and live-animation. The Rosa Ensemble crosses Europe, along the borders of sound, music and storytelling, to places where the uninteresting becomes interesting.
Danish ferry motors, Norwegian sheep, Swedish folk singing, Sibelius' grand piano, Estonian freight trains, Latvian church organ, Lithuanian crickets, Belarusian water pumps, Ukrainian disco, Soviet radar reverb, Romanian nuns, and Turkish muezzins.
28-08-2011 15:30 Uitmarkt @ Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
11-09-2011 17:00 Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht
15-09-2011 20:00 SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
16-09-2011 20:30 Plaza Futura, Eindhoven
15-10-2011 20:00 De Doelen, Rotterdam
27-11-2011 18:00 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
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released January 1, 1902
Guitar, percussion and melodica - Jeroen Kimman
Vocals - Esther Mugambi
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