val
Reed Quintet (oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet (&contrabass clarinet), bassoon), electronics [70′]
Calefax and theatre company Schweigman& bring a musical ode to falling, in which we look our fears in the eye. No one wants to fall. Falling makes you vulnerable. In today’s society we want progress; onward and upward, faster, more. But surely falling is part of life? Water evaporates, rises and comes back down as rain; people live and learn; they get knocked down and they get back up again. What would be left of our creativity if no one ever dared to leap into the dark? Val is a musical ode to falling, in which we look our fears in the eye. Composer Yannis Kyriakides, with whom we worked before, makes us explore the extremes; scaling the highest heights and dropping to the deepest lows. [from Calefax website]
Credits
- Director: Boukje Schweigman
- Composition: Yannis Kyriakides
- Decor and Light: Theun Mosk
- Costumes: Esmee Thomassen
- Sound design: Dennis Slot
- Performers: Hidde Aans-Verkade, Erwin Dörr, Koen van der Heijden, Francesca Lazzeri + Goda Zukauskaite
- Calefax: Jelte Althuis, Ivar Berix, Oliver Boekhoorn, Raaf Hekkema + Alban Wesly