Agenda

Philosophies

Dates :
  • samedi 27 mai 2023
Lieu : Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Philosophies is a 21st century poetic and mystical oratorio created for French tenor Benjamin Alunni and United Instruments of Lucilin, with works composed by Hana Ajiashvili on texts celebrating poets and thinkers across languages (English, Old French, Hebrew, Persian and Arabic) and centuries. 

By including these new pieces alongside repertoire works, this evening of music/oratorio follows a human soul in search of the wisdom of these thinkers to find its own balance, both spiritual and rational.

Created with librettist Royce Vavrek, Philosophies is a journey from obscurantism to enlightenment, a contemporary performance that digs into the past to offer a path to the future.

 

Programme:
Hana Ajiashvili, Strange Land
– A response to Anonymous Ballette, Chanson Pieuse, Chanson de Femme (XII
Century)
Guillaume de Machaut/ arr. Hana Ajiashvili, Puis que ma dolour
Hana Ajiashvili, A Crocus’s Laugh
– A response to Rûmî, Lyric Ode (ghazal) n° 1393 (XIII Century)
Diana Rotaru, some reeds and the air moving them – for solo accordion
Hana Ajiashvili, A woosh of fire
– A response to Khalil Gibran, The Scarecrow (1918) & A Profile of the Art of Music (1905)
Marcel Reuter, Interludio – for clarinet, viola and piano
Hana Ajiashvili, An Arrowhead
– A response to Israël Najara, If I were (XVI-XVII Century)
Jean-Philippe Rameau/arr. Hana Ajiashvili, La Cupis
Hana Ajiashvili, Death Once, Death Twice
– A response to Laura Vazquez, Ce n’est pas parce que vous êtes morts une fois que
vous ne mourrez plus (2020-2021)

Idée originale:
Benjamin Alunni and United Instruments of Lucilin

Libretto: Royce Vavrek
Music: Hana Ajiashvili
Tenor: Benjamin Alunni
United Instruments of Lucilin:
Danielle Hennicot (viola / viola d’amore), Max Mausen (clarinet/ duduk), Benny Sluchin (trombone), Pascal Meyer (piano), Frin Wolter (accordion)

Coproduction:
Chant de Linos, direction artistique Benjamin Alunni et United Instruments of Lucilin, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg

illustration: Sans titre, 2014, avec l’aimable autorisation de Nicolas Roggy