Der Sonne entgegen
21.03.2010, 20.00 Uhr
22.03.2010, 20.30 Uhr
Sophiensäle
Lucia Ronchetti
Der Sonne entgegen
Music theatre for 14 voices, brass-ensemble end live electronics (rev. 2009)
Text by Steffi Hensel
Dramaturgy by Michael v. zur Mühlen, Steffi Hensel, Lucia Ronchetti
Singers (to define)
Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
Timo Kreuser (musical director)
Michael v. zur Mühlen (direction)
Thomas Seelig (live electronic)
Lothar Baumgarte (setdesign/lights)
S. Gassen (costumes)
Elisabetta Benassi (video)
Der Sonne entgegen is a dramatic meditation for 14 solo vocal performers, brass ensemble and live electronics. New and old frontiers of our hyper-communicative world are the main subjects, the point of departure of the project. The dramaturgy follows the multiple transformations of the 14 performers in fragmented, associatively connected and dramatic situations. They appear as Europeans enjoying a seemingly wonderful holiday on an exotic island-bubble, as refugees facing an insurmountable barrier in desert-like surroundings, as stateless people or survivors in the first world, and finally as unheard-of intellectuals engrossed in complex discussions about loss of territory and migration. A young female figure-skater gliding through the polished space and crossing frontiers, a choir of the dead standing on the border discussing the almighty power of time, and an iceberg speaking about its borderless Antarctic land are outsider figures, external observers. The members of the cast perform as both singers and actors. They are a sort of percussion orchestra, creating all their sounds with their voices, their bodies and simple props, and using the stage itself as a gigantic drum. For much of the piece there is no external sound support, only the plain and sometimes fragile a cappella performance. At the end of the work, the brass ensemble creates a meta-historical event reminiscent of the Flood, a remake of the biblical story where everything seems too complex, too loosely connected ever to be resolved. The rainstorm affects the performers, the music, the narration – and the audience as well.
Prize Fonds Experimentelles Musiktheater NRW 2006, Prize “Music Theater Now” ITI Berlin 2008
Supported by: Kunst Stifftung NRW, Haupt Stadt Kultur Fonds Berlin, Deutscher Musikrat, Initiative Neue Musik Berlin, Italienisches Kulturinstitut Berlin, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Berlin, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin.
Der Sonne entgegen
Music theatre for 14 voices, brass-ensemble end live electronics (rev. 2009)
Text by Steffi Hensel
Dramaturgy by Michael v. zur Mühlen, Steffi Hensel, Lucia Ronchetti
Singers (to define)
Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
Timo Kreuser (musical director)
Michael v. zur Mühlen (direction)
Thomas Seelig (live electronic)
Lothar Baumgarte (setdesign/lights)
S. Gassen (costumes)
Elisabetta Benassi (video)
Der Sonne entgegen is a dramatic meditation for 14 solo vocal performers, brass ensemble and live electronics. New and old frontiers of our hyper-communicative world are the main subjects, the point of departure of the project. The dramaturgy follows the multiple transformations of the 14 performers in fragmented, associatively connected and dramatic situations. They appear as Europeans enjoying a seemingly wonderful holiday on an exotic island-bubble, as refugees facing an insurmountable barrier in desert-like surroundings, as stateless people or survivors in the first world, and finally as unheard-of intellectuals engrossed in complex discussions about loss of territory and migration. A young female figure-skater gliding through the polished space and crossing frontiers, a choir of the dead standing on the border discussing the almighty power of time, and an iceberg speaking about its borderless Antarctic land are outsider figures, external observers. The members of the cast perform as both singers and actors. They are a sort of percussion orchestra, creating all their sounds with their voices, their bodies and simple props, and using the stage itself as a gigantic drum. For much of the piece there is no external sound support, only the plain and sometimes fragile a cappella performance. At the end of the work, the brass ensemble creates a meta-historical event reminiscent of the Flood, a remake of the biblical story where everything seems too complex, too loosely connected ever to be resolved. The rainstorm affects the performers, the music, the narration – and the audience as well.
Prize Fonds Experimentelles Musiktheater NRW 2006, Prize “Music Theater Now” ITI Berlin 2008
Supported by: Kunst Stifftung NRW, Haupt Stadt Kultur Fonds Berlin, Deutscher Musikrat, Initiative Neue Musik Berlin, Italienisches Kulturinstitut Berlin, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Berlin, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin.
