BIT20 ENSEMBLE / Karlsen / Thuestad / Kapusta International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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BIT20 ENSEMBLE:
Beka Sirbiladze
clarinets
Roger Andreas Holme saxophones
Kai Lindal trumpet
Viggo Vea trombone
Owen Weaver percussion
Thomas Dahl electric guitar
Erik Halvorsen keyboard, sampler
Liene Klava viola
Agnese Rugevica cello

Christian Karlsen conductor

Trond Jarle Madsen artistic director
Thorolf Thuestad sound projection
Daniel Kapusta video projection
Kjetil Fluge production manager

Film Die Stadt ohne Juden (reconstructed version from Filmarchiv Austria)
Hans Karl Breslauer direction
Hans Karl Breslauer, Ida Jenbach script (based on the book by Hugo Bettauer)
Walterskirchen und Bittner production
Hugo Eywo cameraman

Casts:
Johannes Riemann Leo Strakosch
Eugen Neufeld Chancellor Dr. Schwertfeger
Hans Moser Councillor Bernart
Karl Thema Councillor Linder
Anna Milety Daughter Lotte
Ferdinand Mayerhofer Councillor Volbert
Mizi Griebl Volbert’s wife
Hans Effenberger Alois Carroni
Gisela Werbezirk Cook Kathi
Armin Berg Commis Isidor
Sigi Hofer Barman Moritz

Olga Neuwirth silent film music Die Stadt ohne Juden directed by Hans Karl Breslauer for amplified ensemble and tape

Concert realised with funding received from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the EEA and Norwegian Funds.
“Working together for an inclusive Europe.”