Philippe Quesne / HERMESensemble / Martijn Dendievel
Das Lied von der Erde
Dates
sat 07 may 2022 - 20:00
sun 08 may 2022 - 15:00
location
Rode zaal
price
€ 40, 45 (standard) / € 38, 43 (over-65s) / € 35, 40 (under-35s) / € 10 (under-19s)
duration
1h 10' Extra info
introduction Liesbeth Segers / 19:15 / Blue Bar
Is part of
Philippe Quesne takes a look at the future of our planet with Mahler’s song cycle
With Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, the French scenographer and director Philippe Quesne takes a look at the future of our planet. He mirrors his reflections on the Anthropocene (the era in which our planet must bear the consequences of human activity) on Mahler’s glorious, six-part song cycle. The result is powerful staging, a visual and visionary update of Mahler’s melancholy descriptions of nature. In the most extensive and final part of the cycle, Der Abschied, Quesne even finds the starting point for new utopias. The HERMESensemble performs Das Lied von der Erde in the arrangement for chamber orchestra by Arnold Schönberg/Reinhard Riehn. Their arrangement, in which Mahler’s musical lines and details sound out more sharply and intensely than ever before, is a masterpiece in itself. Moreover, in the context of Quesne's future scenarios, the abrasive tones sound like a resistance against the threatened mass-extinction.
Un événement organisé dans le cadre de la présidence française du Conseil de l’Union européenne.
Un événement organisé dans le cadre de la présidence française du Conseil de l’Union européenne.
Works
Das Lied von der Erde
Credits
music performance
musical direction
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