Monday, June 13, 2016

Theatre of the World Photo Log

Steven Van Watermeulen as Janssonius (publisher) / Fabretti (critic)
 Leigh Melrose as Athanasius Kircher and the witches (Charlotte Houberg, Sophie Fetokaki, Ingeborg Brocheler)
 Leigh Melrose as Kircher, Marcel Beekman as Papa Innocentius XI, Lindsay Kesselman as the boy
Kircher (Leigh Melrose)  and the boy (Lindsay Kesselman)
 He and She (secret lovers, Martijn Cornet and Nora Fisher), Janssonius /Fabretti (Steven Van Watermeulen), Kircher (Leigh Melrose), boy (Lindsay Kesselman), Papa Innocentius XI (Marcel Beekman)

Photographs by Ruth Walz

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Sunday, March 20, 2016

La Commedia, Barbican, more photos

 Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.


 Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.




  Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
 
 
 Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.


 Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.


 Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.


 Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
 

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Immersion Reviews

The Guardian and The Telegraph about Immersion concerts.
Andrew Sauvageau in La Commedia, Barbican

Monday, February 15, 2016

Total Immersion on BBC 3

It is possible to listen concerts from Andriessen: Total Immersion on BBC 3.

Next Saturday on BBC 3  in Tom Service's "Here and Now" Louis Andriessen's La Commedia.


The UK premiere of Louis Andriessen's most recent music theatre work La Commedia, inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy. Presented by Tom Service in conversation with the composer.

Claron McFadden (soprano),
Cristina Zavalloni (voice),
Andrew Sauvageau (voice),
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Martyn Brabbins.



Cristina Zavalloni in La Commedia, Barbican, February 12

Back from Total Immersion


Monday, August 3, 2015

Workers Union Dance in Nijmegen

Dance performance based on music composed by Louis Andriessen

August 5, 6 and 8, Cultuurspinnerij De Vasim, Nijmegen

8.30 pm


Special offer: claim 15% off tickets by ordering through www.muziekzomer.nl (discountcode NJO-Nijmegen)

 NJO Muziekzomer presents ‘Workers Union’, a music and dance performance created by Regina van Berkel named after ‘Workers Union’ by Louis Andriessen.

Last year, choreographer Van Berkel created ‘Music for a Summer Evening’ for the NJO Muziekzomer 2014. ‘Music for a Summer Evening’ was a very successful show brought on stage in Radio Kootwijk, a former broadcast station in a lovely part of the province of Gelderland in The Netherlands. 

This year, Regina van Berkel and stage designer Dietmar Janeck needed an industrial building for their new show. They chose an old factory in the city of Nijmegen: Cultuurspinnerij De Vasim, a remarkable building with an equally striking interior. Huge arches add to the unique atmosphere. The audience will move around the space during the performance.

Ten students from 4 European colleges will dance to several works by Andriessen -- including Workers Union, written ‘for any loud-sounding group of instruments’.

Musicians:

Tim Sabel - piano
Martin van Hees - guitar
Isa Goldschmeding - violin
Daan van Koppen - saxophone
Jennifer Heins - percussion

Students from:

Rotterdamse Dansacademie (Codarts) Rotterdam,
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main,
Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz,
Ballettschule "Star Ballet", Mainz und Oppenheim

Free guided tours before each concert (7.30 pm) can be booked by sending an email to: muziekzomer@njo.nl  (subject ‘rondleiding De Vasim’).

Check for more information about the music festival NJO Muziekzomer: www.muziekzomer.nl