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GIOA: GALA FESTIVAL CONCERT — JOURNEYS IN TIME AND SPACE [SE]

October 11 @ 19:30 - 20:40

Örgryte nya kyrka

GIOA: GALA FESTIVAL CONCERT — JOURNEYS IN TIME AND SPACE [SE]

October 11 @ 19:30 - 20:40

Örgryte nya kyrka

During the spring of 2019, we began to create a new work based on Harry Martinson’s long suite of poems, “Aniara”. In our adaptation of Aniara, we chose the poems that depict the female pilot Isagel.

Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Allegro from Symphony No. 6, Opus 42, No. 2
Hans Davidsson, Willis organ
Davidsson Organ and Dance Collaborative

Hymn Improvisation Journey
Sietze de Vries, Baroque organ

Isagel Suite from Aniara
Text: Harry Martinson, 1959
Music: Carl Unander-Scharin (1, 3, 5, 6, 8) 2019/2024
Music: Carl and Åsa Unander-Scharin: (4, 7) 2019
Music: Åsa Unander-Scharin (2) 2019

Åsa Unander-Scharin: choreography, music, dance, observer
Carl Unander-Scharin: music, tenor, throat
Amanda Flodin, alto
Karl-Peter Eriksson, baritone
Hans Davidsson, baroque organ
Gusten Aldenklint, Ljudhavet
Magnus Lorentzson, light design
Ulrika Davidsson, stage director

The Observer system and The Throat system are developed by Åsa Unander-Scharin, Carl Unander-Scharin and Ludvig Elblaus. In the systems, recordings by Åsa Unander-Scharin (viola da gamba), Carl Unander-Scharin (harpsichord), Dorota Siuda (violin) and Hans Davidsson (organ), are heard.

I. Människan, askans konung, tenor and organ
II. Doris landi, dancer, observer
III. Själv har jag inget namn, Passacaglia, tenor and organ
IV. Den livligt sprattlande ingivelsen, tenor, throat, dancer, observer
V. Jag ska berätta vad jag hört om glas, tenor and organ
VI. Spjutet, Toccata, dancer and organ
VII. Osynlig för vårt öga gled hon undan, tenor, throat, organ, dancer, observer
VIII. Det finns skydd för nästan allt, alto, tenor, baryton, organ

Matthias Weckman (?1616–1674)
Weine nicht, es hat überwunden der Löwe von Stamm Juda
Sacred concerto from the year 1663 when the plague descended on Hamburg

Amanda Flodin, alto
Carl Unander-Scharin, tenor
Karl-Peter Eriksson, bass
Arrangement for voices and organ, Hans Davidsson
Arina Trostyanetskaya, dance
Davidsson Organ and Dance Collaborative

NOTES FOR THE ISAGEL-SUITE

During the spring of 2019, we began to create a new work based on Harry Martinson’s long suite of poems, “Aniara”. In 1956, Swedish poet Harry Martinson (1904–1978) wrote and published his epic poetry suite depicting a spaceship that has lost its course after leaving an earth devastated by war and environmental disaster. His audience was surprised to read this new kind of poetry by their beloved and quite rurally oriented poet. The poems formed the basis for the opera Aniara (1959), with a libretto by Erik Lindegren and music by Karl-Birger Blomdahl. The opera was a huge success and toured internationally.

In our adaptation of Aniara, we chose the poems that depict the female pilot Isagel. We wanted to find a way of picturing her relation to the work’s narrator Mimaroben: a relation that is full of mutual respect and fascination for deep scientific thought, as well as shared abhorrence for the cold, dark and lonely space outside of the ship. They also share concerns for the remaining few humans and their hopeless future.

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Journeys in Time and Space is a concert by Göteborg International Organ Festival in collaboration with the Parish of Örgryte and Göteborg Art Sounds.

Foto: Shai Levi

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