How do Bach and dance art meet in 2023? Together with dancers and an orchestra assembled by Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, choreographer Liisa Pentti seeks an answer to this question.
Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians
How do Bach and dance art meet in 2023? Together with dancers and an orchestra assembled by Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, choreographer Liisa Pentti seeks an answer to this question. Combining live music and dance, Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians is an inverse continuation of Pentti’s work with the music of minimalist masters, a reach into the musical past beyond the present.
Das Musikalische Opfer (The Musical Offering) is Johann Sebastian Bach’s enthralling and playful late-period masterpiece whose complex and enigmatic counterpoints offer a fascinating challenge to choreography and new encounters between dance and music.
Bach’s music is timeless, providing a framework for emotions like joy and sorrow. It inspires hope and allows us to feel part of the mysterious universe from which music springs. Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians is at once an experimental and traditional dance work, in which dancers and musicians create a mystical and dreamlike world in the space of the Erkko Hall.
BRQ Vantaa Festival’s artistic director Markku Luolajan-Mikkola has assembled a unique ensemble of internationally renowned top musicians, the BRQ Ensemble, which performs with varying line-ups mainly in connection with the BRQ Festival in Vantaa. In addition, the BRQ Ensemble has also performed in Stockholm and Italy.
Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin; Petra Kullberg, flute; Ilpo Laspas, harpsichord; Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, viola da gamba
Dancers:
Meeri Lempiäinen, Ryan Mason, Corinne Mustonen, Pinja Poropudas, Satu Rekola, Kardo Shiwan, Katri Soin
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