Hal Hartley’s conscientious assistant in Berlin receives weekly letters from her boss and sends him the books he needs as he struggles in Amsterdam to create the staging for Dutch composer Louis Andriessen’s opera, “La Commedia”. This is the plot of Hartley's short film "Implied Harmonies" featuring: Louis Andriessen, Christina Zavalloni, Claron McFadden, Jeroen Willems, Reinbert de Leeuw, Asko/Shoenberg Ensemble, Jordana Maurer.
Hal Hartley in an interview by a DJ Mendel:
(...) Implied Harmonies was supposed to be a real making-of documentary. But I was so overwhelmed by the production of the actual opera I had no time to shoot much. So, after I was back in Berlin for a few months, I watched the footage I did have – the orchestra rehearsing, blocking rehearsal with the singers, some interviews… And then I just copied out parts of my diary and turned them into letters to Jordana, who did, in fact function as an assistant for me in Berlin.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Image de Moreau Dance
Dance film to Andriessen's "Image de Moreau" performed by Marcela Giesche.
Image de M from Marcela Giesche on Vimeo.
Image de M from Marcela Giesche on Vimeo.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Birthday Blog
Louis Andriessen's birthday. I have found "A sort of birthday card for Dutch composer Louis Andriessen" by Hal Hartley (2004/2010).
Monday, May 31, 2010
Noise Quotes
Mirjam Zegers sends some funny quotes from Alex Ross' "The Rest is Noise":
The Mozart scrimmage
"Dave Lupack, our classical/sports liaison, notes that New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini has been blasting Mozart during practices at Jets training camp (read to the end of this item). It seems that Mangini read those Mozart-makes-you-smarter articles and decided that it would work on his offense. We would recommend Louis Andriessen instead."
The classical comeback (cont.)
"More on that 22.5% bump in classical record sales: reports from insiders suggest that the rise is not, in fact, due to crossover fare (Il Divo, André Rieu, the Dowland-howling Sting) but to the real thing (Mozart, Beethoven, Louis Andriessen)" (...)
The Mozart scrimmage
"Dave Lupack, our classical/sports liaison, notes that New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini has been blasting Mozart during practices at Jets training camp (read to the end of this item). It seems that Mangini read those Mozart-makes-you-smarter articles and decided that it would work on his offense. We would recommend Louis Andriessen instead."
The classical comeback (cont.)
"More on that 22.5% bump in classical record sales: reports from insiders suggest that the rise is not, in fact, due to crossover fare (Il Divo, André Rieu, the Dowland-howling Sting) but to the real thing (Mozart, Beethoven, Louis Andriessen)" (...)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
De Staat at Carnegie Hall
Enseble ACJW with John Adams as conductor perform "de Staat" this evening at Carnegie Hall.
Program notes by Robert Adlington.
To see archive video of "De Staat" from 1978 Holland festival in Carre Theatre go to July 9, 2009 post on this blog.
Adlington's book, Louis Andriessen: De Staat, Ashgate, 2004.
Program notes by Robert Adlington.
To see archive video of "De Staat" from 1978 Holland festival in Carre Theatre go to July 9, 2009 post on this blog.
Adlington's book, Louis Andriessen: De Staat, Ashgate, 2004.
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