Songs and voices

Описание: The title of the play Five Songs (Kafka’s Sirens) alludes to Franz Kafka’s short story The Silence of the Sirens. In his story, Kafka does not tell an alternative story to the one in The Odyssey, a story that would say that the sirens did not sing, but rather suggests a paradox: he insinuates a doubt of perspective, where perhaps lies what attracts Ulysses so much to approach sirens…

It is to this paradoxical perspective that Songs and voices refers. It is a form in which the poetic question is: what remains of the song when the voice disappears? This presence of song in the absence of a singing voice is the source of the sound research. And this first question leads to another: what is the voice without the singing?

Exploring these two dimensions has led to the creation of a vocal and instrumental musical journey between two extremes: extreme absence and extreme presence. A concert for six singers (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass), ten instrumentalists (clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, accordion, percussion, mandolin, guitar, harp, cello, double bass) and live electronics.

Music by Francesca Verunelli

A piece for 6 voices [coloratura soprano, lyric soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass], 10 instrumentalists [clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, accordion, mandolin, guitar, harp, percussion, cello, double bass] and electronics.

Antonello Pocetti, scenography
Luigi Zerillo, lighting design
Max Bruckert, technical and technological coordination Jean Millot, computer music producer
Philippe Boinon, sound engineer
Bertrand Schacre, stage management

Artists:

Neue Vocalsolisten de Stuttgart:
Johanna Vargas, coloratura soprano; Susanne Leitz Lorey, lyric soprano; Truike Van Der Poel, mezzo-soprano; Martin Nagy, tenor;
Guillermo Anzorena, baritone; Andreas Fischer, bass

Ensemble C Barré:
Annelise Clément, clarinet; Joël Versavaud, saxophone; Matthias Champon, trumpet; Elodie Soulard, accordion; Claudio Bettinelli, percussion; Rémy Reber, guitar; Natalia Korsak, mandolin; Eva Debonne, harp; Marine Rodallec, cello; Charlotte Testu, double bass;
Sébastien Boin, musical direction

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Tour dates
27th October 2023, Biennale de Venise, Italie - Création mondiale
26th March 2024, B!ME - Biennale des Musiques Exploratrices du GRAME de Lyon, France
29th March 2024, Ircam - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
4th May 2024, Wittener Tage fur Neue Kammermusik, Witten, Allemagne 12th May 2024, Festival Propagations - GMEM CNCM, Marseille, France
20th Juily 2024, Festival Eclat de Stuttgart, Allemagne

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Executive production, Ensemble C Barré
Coproduced by the Venice Biennale, Le Grame, Ircam - Centre Pompidou, Wittener Tage Für Neue Kammermusik, GMEM — Centre national de création musicale, Festival Eclat Stuttgart.

Commissioned by the French State, co-commissioned by Ensemble C Barré, the Venice Biennale, Le Grame, Ircam – Centre Pompidou, Wittener Tage Für Neue Kammermusik, GMEM – Centre National de création musicale, Festival Eclat Stuttgart.

With the support of Impuls Neue Musik, the Ersnt Von Siemens Music Foundation, SACEM, Fondation Société Générale - c'est vous l'avenir, Fondation Orange

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C Barré, ensemble associated with GMEM - Centre national de la création musicale, partner of the CFMI of Aix-Marseille University. It is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture DRAC-PACA, the Conseil Régional Sud - PACA, the Département des Bouches-du-Rhône and the City of Marseille, and receives support from SACEM, CNM - Centre National de la Musique, ADAMI, MMC - Maison de la Musique Contemporaine, Institut Français, Impuls Neue Musik, Fondation Ernst Von Siemes, Politique de la Ville, label des Cités éducatives, Fondation Logirem and BNP Paribas. Member of FEVIS, PROFEDIM, Futurs Composés and Temp'óra.
Fondation d'entreprise Société Générale C'est vous l'avenir and Fondation Orange are the main patrons of Ensemble C Barré.
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Video credits : Benjamin Piat
graphics credit : Ana-Belen Fauchier-Aranda