Dum pendebat filius (Stabat Mater - Orlandus Lassus)
New Circus
Synthesis of the Arts
Szervezés:
Dum pendebat filius (Stabat Mater - Orlandus Lassus)
This programme is held in Hungarian.
The Szabó Sipos Máté-led Vass Lajos Chamber Choir and the Grotesque Gymnastics company Crucified -titled, Jesus Christ passion-narrating multidisciplinary performance combines the pure, meditative sound of Renaissance choral works and the expressive drama of improvised music with the movement world of contemporary circus.
The foundation of the performance is Stabat Mater by Orlando di Lasso, one of the finest achievements of 16th-century vocal music. The choir performs the work reinforced by a saxophone quartet evoking the sound of period woodwind instruments. Between the movements of the ten-part composition, improvisational contemporary music interludes are woven in, performed by percussionist Ágoston Szabó Sipos. These interludes are linked to Christ’s seven last words spoken on the cross and are further enhanced by the choir members themselves, who also take part by playing percussion instruments. The intense expressiveness of the improvisational blocks counterpoints the restrained emotional clarity of Renaissance music. Meanwhile, the passion story appears on stage through the means of movement art and aerial acrobatics: in the choreography by Téri Gáspár and Bardóczy Ilka the artists' floating bodies, as slowly merging images, evoke moods characteristic of icon painting in the space surrounding the choir and the musicians. Down and up, tradition and modernity, the encounters of abstract sacred spaces and the flesh-and-blood reality of the passion all become visible and audible in this incredibly exciting performance.
Rock Troubadours (US, 70s): CSNY, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Roy Harper
