Ictus: Saint John

A Beatification, 100 A.C *

Ictus brings John Cage as you don't know him: the early Cage in which Satie, Debussy and Cowell seem to be in dialogue with each other. A Cage that moves with disarming simplicity and delicate timbres. In short, the Cage that knows how to charm even the most die-hard anti-avant-gardist. We mainly know him as the Marcel Duchamp of music: the organizer of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of awkward shuffling and coughing in plush chairs. Cage, the scumbag kicker, poet, saint with fun lights. The iconoclast who unraveled music in the 1950s, declared silence sacred and brought the sensuality of sound and sound into the spotlight. However, Cage was brushed aside as an underachieving student. Arnold Schoenberg's judgment was harsh: “No harmonious transparency!”. Ictus convinces you of the opposite: Cage with harmonious transparency. Ictus will not treat you to a concert as you know it. The Church of Saint Cage is not a concert cage, but a sound environment where the audience can walk in and out. With many prepared pianos and acoustically amplified cacti.

* Anno Cagei

Musicians:

Judith Vindevogel (soprano), George Van Dam (violin), Jean-Luc Plouvier (piano), Jean-Luc Fafchamps (piano), Fabian Coomans (piano), Georges-Elie Octors (percussion), Tom De Cock (percussion), Miquel Bernat (percussion)

The concert starts at 8:15 PM and ends around 12:15 AM. The public is also allowed into the hall after the start time. The evening box office remains open until 10 p.m. The bar remains open continuously. The public can walk inside and outside.