Prisme
Conductor: Romain Mayor
The voice. Rhythm. The expression of time. Unfolding. Physicality. Heartbeat and blood circulation. Endlessly repeated movements. Faster, slower. A relationship with the world, the visible one and the other, the one that escapes us. The world of ideas, the world of the sacred, of the inexplicable expressing itself. The prism: an area delimited by planes. Not a sphere, then. A cube, for example. The interior space of the ARCOOP building. A place of resonance. A meeting place. An opportunity to see time and free ourselves from it.
The voice. Rhythm. Raw materials. Flows of flux, trickles of active substances. This concert showcases Swiss creation: composer and performer Céline Hänni works on the voice with the sixty-five singers of the Motet de Genève. She combines writing and improvisation, offering choristers a unique exploration of contemporary singing. Composer and musician Alexandre Babel combines various modes of writing to create a fresco of fifteen snare drums.
Alexandre Babel, Chœur mixte (2018) - for 15 percussions, world premiere
J.-S. Bach, Gratias agimus tibi, extracts from Messe en Si (1747-1749) - for a cappella choir
Philip Corner, One Note, Once More (2015) - for 15 percussions
Céline Hänni, Combattete… (2018) - for a cappella choir, world premiere
Alvin Lucier, Opera With Objects (1997), for 15 percussions
Giuseppe Verdi, Ave Maria (1889) - for a cappella choir
Céline Hänni (CH) - composition, voice
Alexandre Babel (CH) - composition
Le Motet de Genève - conductor: Romain Mayor
Eklekto - Elena Beder, Alexandra Bellon, Anne Briset, Thibaud Cardonnet, Nicolas Curti, Loic Defaux, Dorian Fretto, Aurèle Gerin, Charles Gillet, Jeanne Larrouturrou, Till Lingenberg, Pascal Martin, Jérémie Maxit, Fabien Perreau, Michael Tissier
March 24, 2017 - 7pm
ARCOOP Building, 32 rue des Noirettes, 1227 Carouge
Philippe Maeder - lights
Coproduction: Festival Archipel
Collaboration: Eklekto
Malachi Kohan & Daniel Gomez - camera
Malachi Kohan - editing