Oplev Copenhagen Clarinet Choir og Carolyn Goodwin forene deres klangverdener i nyfortolkede sange, og dyk ned i Henrik Pultz Melbyes drømmende univers med saxofonlyd og effekter.

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Venue: Xenon, 4. sal
Døre: 20:00
Show: 21:00
Entré: 150 kr. / studerende: 100 kr.
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Copenhagen Clarinet Choir og Carolyn Goodwin

Den irske musiker Carolyn Goodwin præsenterer en cyklus af nykomponerede sange, oprindeligt skrevet på guitar, og nu genfortolket og transformeret gennem pulserende og sammenvævede klangflader af Copenhagen Clarinet Choir.

Copenhagen Clarinet Choir er et nyt musik-ensemble, der arbejder med en egalitær tilgang, hvor indbyrdes afhængige stemmer danner en samlet form, som en levende organisme. Ligesom i et kor smelter de seks ensartede instrumenters individuelle stemmer sammen og skaber en varm, pulserende klangkrop. Resultatet er en dyb timbral symbiose, formet af klarinettens nuancer.

Den irske træblæsermusiker Carolyn Goodwin er en central skikkelse i den danske scene for ny, eksperimenterende og improviseret musik. Hendes kompositoriske udtryk er præget af minimalisme, folkemusik og modal improvisation og skaber værker, der er både rummelige og følelsesmæssigt resonante. Hun er grundlægger af ensemblet Copenhagen Clarinet Choir, som i september 2022 udgav albummet Organism på pladeselskabet År & Dag.

Organism blev beskrevet som “kranio-sakral terapi for ørerne” og modtog en hædrende omtale i “Best of 2022”-listen fra New York City Jazz Record

Henrik Pultz Melbye

Med saxofoner og effekter omdanner Henrik Pultz Melbye Xenon til et sted hvor drømme opstår og tid og tanke opløses.

På hans seneste solo udgivelse, “Drømmene” udforsker saxofonist og komponist Henrik Pultz Melbye sine drømme, stederne de tager ham hen og følelserne og minderne de frembringer i ham. Musikken er et forsøg på at genskabe de mangefacetterede følelser og billeder drømmene ofte ubevidst får frem i ham. Udgivelsens titler som “Stranden”, “Skoven” og “Vejen” hentyder til steder der i drømmene fremkalder tvetydige følelser af håb, afmagt, angst og glæde.

Som et enmands-band, bruger han saxofoner, EWI (synthesizer saxofon), loops og effekter til at skabe en ambient, filmisk verden der spænder fra noise til meditativ musik. Musikken bevæger sig langsomt uden krav om retning eller intentioner om en afslutning og tilbyder et rum hvor man ikke behøver andet end bare at være. Nogle vil måske kalde det helsemusik med kant.

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Experience Copenhagen Clarinet Choir and Carolyn Goodwin merging their soundscapes in reinterpreted songs, and dive into Henrik Pultz Melbye's dreamy universe of saxophone sounds and effects.

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Venue: Xenon, 4th floor
Doors: 8 pm
Show: 9 pm
Entrance: 100 kr. / student: 150 kr.
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Copenhagen Clarinet Choir and Carolyn Goodwin

Irish musician Carolyn Goodwin presents a cycle of newly composed songs, originally written on guitar and now reimagined and transformed through the pulsating, interweaving textures of the Copenhagen Clarinet Choir.

Copenhagen Clarinet Choir is a new music ensemble that takes an egalitarian approach, where interdependent parts find an overall shape as organically as a living entity. Much like a choir, the individual voices of the six homogenous instruments are synergized, creating a warm, pulsating body of sound. The result is a profound timbral symbiosis, sculpted by the nuances of the clarinet.

The Irish woodwind player Carolyn Goodwin is a key figure in the Danish contemporary, experimental, and improvised music scene. Her compositional voice draws on minimalism, folk tradition, and modal improvisation, creating music that is both spacious and emotionally resonant. She founded the ensemble Copenhagen Clarinet Choir, with whom she released the album Organism on the label År & Dag in September 2022. Described as “craniosacral therapy for the ears,” Organism garnered widespread acclaim and international radio play and received an honorable mention in the "Best of 2022" list by the New York City Jazz Record.

Henrik Pultz Melbye

With saxophones and effects, Henrik Pultz Melbye transforms Xenon into a space where dreams emerge and time and thought dissolve.

On his latest solo release, Drømmene (The Dreams), saxophonist and composer Henrik Pultz Melbye explores his dreams—the places they take him and the emotions and memories they evoke. The music is an attempt to recreate the multifaceted feelings and images that dreams often unconsciously bring forth in him. The track titles, such as Stranden (The Beach), Skoven (The Forest), and Vejen (The Road), reference places that, in the dreams, conjure ambiguous emotions of hope, powerlessness, anxiety, and joy.

As a one-man band, he uses saxophones, EWI (a synthesizer saxophone), loops, and effects to create an ambient, cinematic world that spans from noise to meditative music. The music moves slowly, with no demand for direction or intention of resolution, offering a space where you don’t need to do anything but just be. Some might call it wellness music with an edge.