NÁDOR
NÁDOR is an Ensemble in Limbo project, that was created for the Nádor Hall of the Institute for the Blind in Budapest.
The beautiful and atmospheric space of Nádor Hall became the starting point of the work. Instead of a frontal concert setup, the ensemble performed in a circle at the centre of the room, surrounded by a small audience. Four speakers were placed in the corners, while a slowly moving LED installation stood at the centre as a shared focal point. Its soft movement evoked the feeling of a campfire: something to gather around, listen through and return to.
The music was built around a persistent D drone generated by an Oberheim Matrix 1000 analogue synthesizer, controlled live through Ableton. Around this bass tone, the singers and instrumentalists gradually entered with sustained notes freely chosen from a D melodic minor scale. Through close listening and subtle reactions to one another, the performers slowly formed a rich harmonic field of voices, trumpet, strings, clarinet and live electronics.
The dramaturgy followed a simple process of accumulation and dissolution: a single tone gradually opened into a dense, resonant chord, then slowly withdrew again into quietness. Inspired by Catherine Christer Hennix’s Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage, the concert explored music as a shared ritual of resonance, attention and collective listening.
Performers
Artemisz Severinghaus – voice
Zsófia Remes – voice
Tamás Tárnoki – voice
András Sipos – voice
Árpád Kiss – trumpet
Ádám Jávorka – viola
Judit Bartek – violin
Zsolt Bartek – clarinet
Márk Bartha – composer, Oberheim Matrix 1000, live electronics