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The secret of the Rose
Biber's rosary sonatas & Japanese Nô-Theatre
Church of Peace Sanssouci / Address: Am Grünen Gitter 3, 14469 Potsdam
artists
ENSEMBLE AUSONIA
Mira Glodeanu, violin
Frédérick Haas, harpsichord & organ
James Munro, violone
Masato Matsuura, nô-theatre
program
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704):
Sonata VI : Christ in Gethsemane
and further sonatas from the rosary cycle,
combined with excerpts from the nô-drama "Hagoromo"
by legendary nô-theatre maker Zeami (1363-1443)
description
The Belgian Ensemble AUSONIA and the Japanese nô-theate come together in the nightly, candle-lit tranquillity of Sanssouci's Church of Peace in a particularly emotional interpretation of the rosary's mystery. The masks, gestures and splendid costumes are melded with poetic dance movements by Japanese theatre artist Masato Matsuura and in the musical dialogue between Zeami and Biber an eye-opening symbiosis is revealed: the mystery of the rose unites East and West.
