Sleepless love

Three sound-painting live radio plays for organ and chamber ensemble

The event will take place within the framework of the Campaign Hoch empor. Organs in Lower Saxony held.

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the death of the famous organ builder Arp Schnitger the Ensemble Megaphon invites you to literary-musical radio plays. The sound-painting narratives for organ and chamber ensemble are inspired by the lives and works of two artistic personalities who are also celebrating an anniversary this year: Leonardo Da Vinci's (1519) 500th anniversary of the death and the 400th birthday of Barbara Strozzi (1619).

Three young female writers spin their stories around the mysterious Mona Lisa made famous by Da Vinci's portrait. Three contemporary composers set these stories to music, incorporating Strozzi's music into their musical interpretation. In an interplay, music and stories merge with the respective church spaces and their rare organ stop sounds, thus creating space to be fascinated by the inspiring power and topicality of the organ world.

Programme

Barbara Strozzi
Amor Dormiglione
Annette Schlünz
LISA^(Above)LISA_(below) on texts by Ulrike Draesner (UA)
Barbara Strozzi
Lagrime mie, cantata for soprano and basso continuo
Tatjana Prelevic
"STANZA DELLE DONNE" after the poetry and prose of Katharina Schmidt for female voice, speaker, violin, violoncello and organ (premiere)
Barbara Strozzi
L'Eraclito amoroso
Snežana Nešić
"Dal mio fuoco eterno" - un melodramma con basso discontinuo on texts by Barbara Strozzi, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Marica Bodrožić (UA)
Barbara Strozzi
Amor Dormiglione