De beste tijd om te vliegen – The best time to fly

a theatrical concert about bird tragedies and human desires

The best time to fly is autumn. At that time and no other the goose with its grey and white feathers and the shy woodcock start their voyage to the warmer countries. At that time nature stimulates even us to fly, when she tends long grey threads -which are nothing less than the first molecules of flying- in the dry but fresh air.
But first a warning: you have to be honest to the element of air. Don’t use tricks nor cunningness. Once, someone thought he was smarter, and he fell in the sea. That was a long time ago…

free translation from: De getaande vrijheid by Marian Pankowski

production WALPURGIS
musicNonsensmadrigalen van Györgi Ligeti, The virgin and the nightingale van Gillian Whitehead, Icarus van Bart Vanhecke
directorJudith Vindevogel
musical directionFilip Rathé
scenographyStef Depover
withJoachim Brackx (baritone), Toon Fret (flute), Artem Korotkov (tenor), Sylvie Merck (soprano), Ana Naqé (mezzosoprano), Pascal Pittie (tenor), Thaïs Scholiers (soprano), Thomas Vanlede (baritone) & Nicholas Warden (bass)
picturesStef Stessel

production

WALPURGIS

music

Nonsensmadrigalen van Györgi Ligeti, The virgin and the nightingale van Gillian Whitehead, Icarus van Bart Vanhecke

director

Judith Vindevogel

musical direction

Filip Rathé

scenography

Stef Depover

with

Joachim Brackx (baritone), Toon Fret (flute), Artem Korotkov (tenor), Sylvie Merck (soprano), Ana Naqé (mezzosoprano), Pascal Pittie (tenor), Thaïs Scholiers (soprano), Thomas Vanlede (baritone) & Nicholas Warden (bass)

pictures

Stef Stessel