Saturday July 30th we will be playing the last concert of the year. It will be a Efterklang + Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra concert and we are so happy to get the chance to play one last time with this special 17-piece band. As reported already the band consists of Efterklang (with Peter Broderick, Heather Woods Broderick and Daniel James (Canon Blue) + the icelandic composer Daniel Bjarnason + a brass quartet + a sax quartet and a classical percussionist.

The support for the concert will also be special! Heather Woods Broderick, Canon Blue and the 4 Messing saxes will all share the stage for 30 minutes that you don’t want to miss. Heather and Canon Blue will be playing songs from their solo records and the Messing saxes will play music of Artvark.

The concert is part of the Reich Effect Festival celebrating Steve Reich’s 75th year birthday.

30.07 / CORK, IE / Efterklang+Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra
@ Savoy Theatre / part of Reich Effect Festival organized by Cork Opera House

With special support concert featuring: Heather Woods Broderick, The Messing Saxes play music of Artvark & Canon Blue

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Cork Opera House has invited Efterklang + Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra to perform at The Reich Effect. A festival in Cork celebrating American composer Steve Reich.

This will be the very very last concert we do for a long time as we will begin working on a new album soon.

30.07 / CORK, IE / Efterklang + Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra
@ Savoy Theatre / part of Reich Effect Festival organized by Cork Opera House
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Efterklang+Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra is a special 17 piece band that debuted at the Cross Linx festival tour in February earlier this year.

It is the 7-piece Efterklang live band with Daniel James (of Canon Blue) on guitar, Heather Broderick on piano and Peter Broderick on vibes and steel drum.

And then we have the brilliant Icelandic composer Daniel Bjarnason on Rhodes and then you add a saxophone quartet, a brass quartet and a classic percussionist. This all turns into Efterklang + Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra. We will be playing Efterklang songs with arrangements for the Messing Orchestra by Daniel Bjarnason.

We are honored to be invited to play this concert and the whole festival program looks amazing to us. More info here about the festival.

Here are some videos recorded back in February:

You should also take a look at Dennis Stempher’s website. He followed us for 4 days and took so many nice photos like the one below.

We are starting rehearsals today with the full band and we are über excited! This might be the best band line-up for an Efterklang concert ever!!!

It is the usual 7-piece Efterklang live band with Daniel James (of Canon Blue) on guitar, Heather Broderick on piano and Peter Broderick on vibes and steel drum.

And then we have the brilliant Icelandic composer Daniel Bjarnason on Rhodes and then you add a saxophone quartet, a brass quartet and a classic percussionist

This all turns into Efterklang+Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra – our new 17 piece band!

We will be playing Efterklang songs with arrangements for the Messing Orchestra by Daniel Bjarnason.

We are playing 4 concerts with this special band this week. We will be visiting Utrecht, Eindhoven, Groningen and Rotterdam and all shows are part of the CrossLinx Festival. The National and Owen Pallett are also on the bill and so is a line of other incredible artists.

We are very excited to share these news. In February we will take part of the annual Cross-Linx Festival in The Netherlands together with The National and Owen Pallett. The festival takes place in concert halls in 4 different cities (Utrect, Eindhoven, Groningen & Rotterdam) and one of their objectives is to let the alternative rock scene cross with the classical scene.

Therefore we have been invited to create a very special orchestra for these four concerts. We will be 16 musicians on stage plus our new friend Daniel Bjarnason (Bedroom Community) who will conduct and also do the arrangements for this special concert. It is too early for us to share all the details, but we can let you know that our band for these 4 shows will include a saxophone quartet!

The tickets go on sale tomorrow (Saturday) and if you would like the chance to attend one of these unique Efterklang concerts then we recommend you to book tickets fast. As mentioned the line-up include our good friends from The National and also Owen Pallett who is equally brilliant! Its gonna sell out and most likely very fast!

TICKETS HERE: Ticketmaster (the Rotterdam show should be added here before tomorrow)

THE DATES
17.02 Utrecht, NL / Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
18.02 Eindhoven, NL / Muziekcentrum Frits Philips
19.02 Groningen, NL / De Oosterpoort
20.02 Rotterdam, NL / De Doelen

HERE ARE OUR TOUR DATES FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR

October
14.10 – Reykjavik, Iceland / Iceland Airwaves

November
04.11 – Århus, DK / Voxhall / tickets
05.11 – Fredericia, DK / Ungdommens Hus
06.11 – Kolding, DK / Godset / tickets
07.11 – Liverpool, UK / Liverpool Music Week @ O2 academy Liverpool / Tickets
11.11 – Herning, DK / Fermaten / tickets
12.11 – Viborg, DK / Paletten / tickets
13.11 – Albertslund, DK / Forbrændingen / tickets
17.11 – Madrid, Spain / Teatro Lara
18.11 – Sevilla, Spain / Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo
19.11 – Lisboa, Portugal / MusicBox / Tickets
24.11 – Brussels, BE / AB Club (Spot on Denmark) / Tickets
25.11 – Hasselt, BE / Cultuurcentrum Hasselt / Tickets
26.11 – Roeselare, BE / Cultuurcentrum De Spil / Tickets
27.11 – Istanbul, TR / Babylon / tickets

December
04.12 – Uppsala, SE / Uppsala Koncert Kongress