In the organizer's words:

WALLIS BIRD & SPARK - THE CLASSICAL BAND - VISIONS OF VENUS (IRL / D)

The renowned Irish singer-songwriter Wallis Bird and Spark, the classical band - one of the leading formations of the young creative classical music scene in Germany - join forces for a cross-genre concert experience that spans an entire millennium of female sound art. The six musicians offer a 360-degree view of the rich and colorful universe created by visionary women from the Middle Ages to the present day. Women are celebrated in all their complexity - as mothers, muses, lovers, sisters, dreamers, sirens, fighters and as voices of the heart and mind. In their exciting new interpretations, Bird, who holds several Meteor Music Awards and the prestigious German Music Writers' Prize, and ECHO Klassik prize-winner Spark offer wonderfully playful and imaginative visions of Venus - performed with ultimate dedication, passion and an individual touch that must be heard to be believed.

In total, the program brings together works by female composers of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds from eight countries and three continents. The pieces come from five different centuries, spanning a period of almost a thousand years.

It is thanks to chance that Bird and Spark met. They met in July 2019 at Bellevue Palace in Berlin at a state reception hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for Irish President Michael Daniel Higgins. As one of the most prominent representatives of German-Irish relations in cultural life, Bird was one of the invited guests, while Saprk gave a private concert for the illustrious company. Spark's classical interpretation of techno music with the piece On the Dancefloor not only drew a standing ovation from both presidents, but also took Bird's breath away. It was at that moment that the idea for this collaboration was born.

As Bird had long been enthusiastic about female colleagues from all eras and Spark had developed a growing interest in female classical composers, it didn't take long for the six musical rebels to find their subject: Outstanding works by female sound artists through the centuries - epitomized by the image of the Roman goddess Venus. As a symbol of femininity, she is the thematic linchpin of this extraordinary musical journey.

The concert is seated.

YOUTUBE: Visions of Venus ● Big Yellow Taxi (by Joni Mitchell) ●SPARKClassical Band

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