François Chaignaud & Marie-Pierre Brébant - Symphonia Harmoniæ Cælestium (new work)
10 May 2019 - 19 May 2019
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Les Brigittines - Petite rue des Brigittines 1000
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Symphonia Harmoniae Caelestium Revelationum is the title of the musical oeuvre of Hildegard von Bingen, the twelfth-century Benedictine abbess, mystic, theologian, physician and musician. François Chaignaud and Marie-Pierre Brébant invite the audience to immerse itself in her complete cycle of 69 monodies during a three-hour session. They recite the songs from memory, accompanied by the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian string instrument. Their bodies form a musical archive which, song after song, confronts us with another perspective on the roots of Western culture. The work of Hildegard von Bingen is characterized by the use of keys that can easily sound strange with regard to the European musical tradition. Chaignaud and Brébant give voice to the unexpected tonal anomalies that once formed the core of Western culture but have now vanished from the modern canon.
Their exploration of our musical and spiritual past straddles the border between a meditative installation, a concert and a contemplative choreography. Body, voice and bandura culminate
in an ecstatic vision that exposes once more the physical relationship with the divine.
Credits
Conception & performance: François Chaignaud et Marie-Pierre Brébant
Singing & dancing: François Chaignaud
Bandura & musical adaptation: Marie-Pierre Brébant
Based on Hildegard von Bingen’s musical works (1098-1179)
Scenography: Arthur Hoffner
Light creation: Philippe Gladieux
General direction: Anthony Merlaud / François Boulet
Sound design: Christophe Hauser
Latin prosody: Angela Cossu
Production: Vlovajob Pru
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Bonlieu Scène Nationale (Annecy), Pact Zollverein (Essen), les Subsistances (Lyon), Centre Chorégraphique National (Caen), BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen), Arsenal/Cité musicale (Metz), Centre national de la danse (France), Biennale of Contemporary Art (Porto), La Bâtie, Festival de Genève (Switzerland)
With the support of: Villa Noailles (Hyères), Centre national de la danse (residency), La Métive (residency), FRAC Besançon (residency), French Institute and the French Embassy in Belgium, in the frame of Extra.
Thanks to: Lucie Jolivet, Lyubomyr
Their exploration of our musical and spiritual past straddles the border between a meditative installation, a concert and a contemplative choreography. Body, voice and bandura culminate
in an ecstatic vision that exposes once more the physical relationship with the divine.
Credits
Conception & performance: François Chaignaud et Marie-Pierre Brébant
Singing & dancing: François Chaignaud
Bandura & musical adaptation: Marie-Pierre Brébant
Based on Hildegard von Bingen’s musical works (1098-1179)
Scenography: Arthur Hoffner
Light creation: Philippe Gladieux
General direction: Anthony Merlaud / François Boulet
Sound design: Christophe Hauser
Latin prosody: Angela Cossu
Production: Vlovajob Pru
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Bonlieu Scène Nationale (Annecy), Pact Zollverein (Essen), les Subsistances (Lyon), Centre Chorégraphique National (Caen), BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen), Arsenal/Cité musicale (Metz), Centre national de la danse (France), Biennale of Contemporary Art (Porto), La Bâtie, Festival de Genève (Switzerland)
With the support of: Villa Noailles (Hyères), Centre national de la danse (residency), La Métive (residency), FRAC Besançon (residency), French Institute and the French Embassy in Belgium, in the frame of Extra.
Thanks to: Lucie Jolivet, Lyubomyr
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Petite rue des Brigittines 1000
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