Photo: Jakob Dost
Orchestra & Composition · SoundWERK · Electronics & Experiments
Sonic Tales of Industry
World premiere for orchestra and live electronics made from the sounds of industry
- Date
- 5 November 2025
- Venue
- Stadthalle Chemnitz
- With
- Robert Schumann Philharmonic, conductor Benjamin Reiners
- Composition
- Jonas Urbat, together with Alistair Duncan
- Sounds from
- Industriemuseum Chemnitz, Lößnitz iron foundry
World premiere of Jonas Urbat’s composition in the 3rd symphony concert of the Robert Schumann Philharmonic under conductor Benjamin Reiners, with Jonas Urbat on live electronics. Field recordings from the Industriemuseum Chemnitz and the Lößnitz iron foundry were transformed into an orchestral composition that reached a broad and diverse audience.
The groundwork was an inclusive soundwalk through the Lößnitz iron foundry with students of the state school for the blind and visually impaired.
„The most striking sound is still the flowing iron, it really sounds like water.“
Sonic Tales of Industry, pre-production (13:37)
Photos from the groundwork at the Lößnitz iron foundry.
Photo: Jakob Dost
Photo: Jakob Dost
Photo: Jakob Dost
Photo: Jakob DostPress
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