Performances of Between cancelled
We have had to cancel our performances of Between 3-6 February 2021.
We will contact customers who have bought tickets and/or refreshments for the cancelled performances.
Spring 2021Musica nova Helsinki: Between
Saariaho - Vestergård - Hilli
Kaija Saariaho’s first composition for the stage, Study for Life, was performed only once in February 1981. Now a new generation of artists is giving her cryptic first step towards opera a fresh interpretation by combining it with the stage version of the violin concerto Graal Théâtre.
Composers Sebastian Hilli and Matias Vestergård with their poetic sound visions also represent the new generation. Four works come together to create a poignant world premiere, an opera of silence and untamed forces.
The music theatre group La Chambre aux échos who brought us the world premiere Violences in 2019 returns to Almi Hall at the Finnish National Opera, delivering a new adventure for the senses.
Programme
Study for Life (1981, rev. 2019)
Music: Kaija Saariaho
Text: Thomas Stearns Eliot – The Hollow Men
…through its darkness (2019, rev. 2021)
Matias Vestergård
Peach (2019, rev. 2021)
Sebastian Hilli
Graal Théâtre (1994, rev. 2018)
Music: Kaija Saariaho
Text: Aleksi Barrière – Not A Knight
Music Kaija Saariaho, Matias Vestergård, Sebastian Hilli
Music theatre group La Chambre aux échos
Stage Direction and Video Aleksi Barrière
Stage and Lighting Design Étienne Exbrayat
Sound and Video Engineering Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Visual Art (Study for life) Martin Atanasov
Conductor Clément Mao-Takacs
Actor Thomas Kellner
Soprano Tuuli Lindeberg
Solo violin Peter Herresthal
Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra
Production La Chambre aux échos
A workshop version was presented at the Time of Music Festival in Viitasaari 2019.
Translations Aleksi Barrière
Between is part of the Musica nova Helsinki Festival.
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