Lucilin in the City #15: Das malerische Luxemburg (FULL)

Live Music Cinema: A journey through the Luxembourg of yesteryear. Between archival films and pieces by contemporary composers, the contrast is masterful but above all, poetic.

This episode of our Lucilin in the City independent concert series pierces through layers of time. « In the City, » yes… but when? The seven films selected by our guest Paul Lesch, evoke nostalgia for eras that preceded us and depict a Luxembourg of the past. From the depths of slate mines to the delicate bubbles of Mercier champagne, the program of this live cinema tells a Luxembourg as you’ve never seen it, as you will never see it again, yet strangely familiar due to its diversity. Between these period films and the music of contemporary composers, the gap is vast but above all, poetic.

PROGRAMME
Philip Glass (US *1937)
Einstein on the Beach (1976)
Film: Garçon un bock (René Leclère, 1938)

Eduardo Marturet (VE *1953)
Canto Llano
Film: Ardoises (René Leclère, 1938)

Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (LU *1965)
Multiplicity (2024) – un extrait
Film: Das malerische Luxemburg (1912)

Camille Kerger (LU *1957)
Treibsand (2022)
Film: Ein Besuch in der Champagnerfabrik Mercier (Marzen, 1904)

Vida de cada canto (1995) – excerpt
Film: Schlussprozession Octave 1911 (1911)

Catherine Kontz (LU *1976)
Iceland Spar (2011) – excerpt
Film: Trauerzug für Grossherzog Wilhelm IV (1912)

Tom Johnson ( US *1939)
Rational Music XIII (1982)
Rational Music XV (1982)
Film: Il est un petit pays (René Leclère, 1937) – excerpts

Musicians:
André Pons-Valdès, violin
Danielle Hennicot, viola
Olivier Sliepen, saxophone
Frin Wolter, accordion
Guy Frisch, percussion