Torment of Hearts
A few years ago, Femke Gyselinck was introduced to Bach's ‘dialogue cantatas’. Johann Sebastian Bach is as baroque as it gets. In his oeuvre, the dialogue cantatas occupy a special place, a rare opportunity to hear heaven and earth in conversation.
Femke and B'Rock Orchestra decided to think outside the box: What other music could they add? From which period? Contemporary as well? What dance language could they use? What, if any, is the overarching theme?
The result is Torment of Hearts, in which three dancers, two singers and an ensemble of seven musicians give shape to different manifestations of loneliness triggered by four pieces of music from three different centuries.
The theme of the searching soul from Bach's dialogue cantata Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (1726) is also found in the song An die Einsamkeit (1717) by his contemporary Johann Philipp Krieger.
We leave the world of early music with the song Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen(1901) from Gustav Mahler's Rückert-Lieder.
Finally, we land in the twenty-first century with new music written specially for this production by composer/keyboard player Hendrik Lasure.
All this music will be performed by B'Rock Orchestra with Cecilia Bernardini on violin and singers Jonathon Adams and Kristen Witmer.
Femke and B'Rock Orchestra decided to think outside the box: What other music could they add? From which period? Contemporary as well? What dance language could they use? What, if any, is the overarching theme?
The result is Torment of Hearts, in which three dancers, two singers and an ensemble of seven musicians give shape to different manifestations of loneliness triggered by four pieces of music from three different centuries.
The theme of the searching soul from Bach's dialogue cantata Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (1726) is also found in the song An die Einsamkeit (1717) by his contemporary Johann Philipp Krieger.
We leave the world of early music with the song Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen(1901) from Gustav Mahler's Rückert-Lieder.
Finally, we land in the twenty-first century with new music written specially for this production by composer/keyboard player Hendrik Lasure.
All this music will be performed by B'Rock Orchestra with Cecilia Bernardini on violin and singers Jonathon Adams and Kristen Witmer.
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Femke Gyselinck
Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Femke Gyselinck, Thomas Vantuycom
Femke Gyselinck, Jan Van den Borre
Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Philipp Krieger, Gustav Mahler, Hendrik Lasure
Cecilia Bernardini: violin and artistic direction, Nele Vertommen: oboe, Jonathon Adams and Kristen Witmer: vocalists, Rebecca Huber: violin, Raquel Massadas: viola, Julien Barre: cello, Tom Devaere: double bass, Claudio Ribeiro: harpsichord & organ
Aslı Çiçek
Steven Michel
Nel Maertens in collaboration with Woche Jewelry (Clarisse Bruynbroeck)
Elke Verachtert
Milan Van Doren
Jan Lettany
Nick Mattan, Nel Maertens
GRIP & B’Rock Orchestra (Sharon Buffel, Claire Desmedt, Hanne Doms, Albert Edelman, Anneleen Hermans, Rudi Meulemans, Lize Meynaerts, Klaartje Oerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Sylvie Svanberg, Aglaja Thiesen, Davina Van Belle, Toon Vannieuwenhuyse, Nele Verreyken)
CO-PRODUCTION Concertgebouw Brugge / Dans in Brugge, STUK, Perpodium
A propic - Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent
KLAP maison de la danse Marseille, Concertgebouw Brugge and Cultuurcentrum / Dans in Brugge, P.A.R.T.S, KWP Kunstenwerkplaats, Kunstencentrum nona, Rosas Performance Space, GC De Kriekelaar, Kunstencentrum Buda, Workspace Brussels – Studio Les Brigittines, CAMPO
Monty, Rataplan
the Flemish Government, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest, The Torment of Hearts residency is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union
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