Musique + Littérature
United Instruments of Lucilin and the Valentiny Foundation invite you to discover their new project “Musique Plus”. Music is, among other things, combined with literature.
Stories and melodies intertwine, giving rise to new narrative dimensions. Explore the resonance between sound and words through a creation by Nico Helminger and Camille Kerger, Luxembourgish stories written by Samuel Hamen, a reading performance of selected poems curated by Raoul Precht, and John Cage’s Roaratorio, a sound interpretation of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
Programme Musique + Littérature:
Saturday, May 17
19:30 Wandel ist
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Was alles mit einem Augenaufschlag uns entkommt (World Premiere)
Music written for the space by Camille Kerger, with texts by and with Nico Helminger. Not only the ear should celebrate, but all the senses are addressed when the music becomes architecture, the text becomes music.
21:00 Roaratorio – An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake (Installation immersive)
On the trail of James Joyce in Luxembourg with an introduction by Gaston Mannes. In collaboration with the John Cage Trust.
Sunday May 18
11:00 Lëtzebuerger Geschichten (Concert-spectacle)
Discover the history and identity of Luxembourg through four original stories by Samuel Hamen, accompanied by music created by the young composers Nik Bohnenberger, Hy-Khang Dang, Eluned Davies and Georges Sadeler. A unique blend of literature and music that reveals the soul of the country. With Rosalie Maes (narrator) and Claire Wagener ( stage director).
15:00 Sur les ruines d’Europe (Concert-lecture)
Reading-performance with music and interpretation of a selection of French and German poems from the Great War from Raoul Precht’s collection “Sulle rovine d’Europa” (Ares, 2024). With Nora Koenig and Pitt Simon.
Musique Plus is, above all, a celebration of creativity and the intersection of artistic worlds, offering an immersive and enriching experience for all the senses.
You can check out the full programme as well as the timetable.