Reflektor John Zorn

The trio Simulacrum rains electrified sound masses down on the listener at top speed, while in »Holy Visions« Zorn sends his audience into raptures with sacred songs where the earliest music mingles with minimalist structures. The members of the JACK Quartet, experts in the very latest contemporary music, perform Zorn’s complete string quartets on two evenings – solitaires that vacillate between heavy rock and Schoenberg, between punk and grotesque film scores.

Stephen Gosling performs the iridescent musical kaleidoscope of the »Turner Études« for solo piano. Star soprano Barbara Hannigan focuses on Zorn’s songs, as does Petra Haden, to whom he dedicated the »Songs for Petra« that are reminiscent of Americana.

Hyper-virtuoso music is celebrated in »Chaos Magick« for jazz quartet, while smaller line-ups like the Gnostic Trio produce an idyllic mood on the harp, the guitar and the vibraphone. Zorn himself plays solo on the organ in the Grand Hall, and he can also be heard on the saxophone in three variations of his legendary core team Masada.