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

An a capella project for a soprano, mezzo-soprano and electronics, inspired by the world of voices of Juan Rulfo

‘Sounds. Voices. Noise. Songs in the distance: my girl gave me a handkerchief with hems of tears … Falsetto voices. As if these were women singing. Laughter.’

 

‘In the middle of a village square. The large church bell rang first. Followed by the other one. The pealing lasted longer than usual. A neighbouring church collapses, other churches follow. A cacophony of church bells, one huge mourning sound. People had to shout at the top of their voices to be heard. The odd bell cracks and sounds gravelly. Circus artists appeared out of the blue. Nobody knew how they had got there.’ 

 

fragments from ‘Pedro Paramo’ by Juan Rulfo

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production WALPURGIS
in cooperation withKunstencentrum Vooruit, Centre de Recherches et de Formation Musicales de Wallonie & muziekcentrum De IJsbreker - IJsbreker on tour (NL)
textJuan Rulfo, Ernst Jandl e.o.
musicKlaas de Vries, Rob Zuidam, Claude Vivier & Kaija Saariaho
from & withKlaas de Vries, Gerrie de Vries, Geert De Wit, Stef Depover, Fumyo Ikeda, Roberto Olivan, Jean-Marc Sullon, Liesbet Swings, Youri Van Uffelen & Judith Vindevogel
picturesRaymond Mallentjer

production

WALPURGIS

in cooperation with

Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Centre de Recherches et de Formation Musicales de Wallonie & muziekcentrum De IJsbreker - IJsbreker on tour (NL)

text

Juan Rulfo, Ernst Jandl e.o.

music

Klaas de Vries, Rob Zuidam, Claude Vivier & Kaija Saariaho

from & with

Klaas de Vries, Gerrie de Vries, Geert De Wit, Stef Depover, Fumyo Ikeda, Roberto Olivan, Jean-Marc Sullon, Liesbet Swings, Youri Van Uffelen & Judith Vindevogel

pictures

Raymond Mallentjer