Chamber theatre–Mediterranean perspectives II

17:00 P1–Introduction with the composer-performers of the concert
18:00 T3–Concert
20:00 P1–Post Festum with the protagonists of the summer in Stuttgart

Silvia Rosani: O-T

for five distant voices (2013/14)

Cynthia Zaven: Madrigal d’essilio

for six voices (2021)

Aya Metwalli: cabaret macabre
for five voices and electronics (2021)

Zeynep Gedizlioğlu: Kelimeler

for five voices (2014)

Zad Moultaka: Hummus

for bass and six voices (2014)

Neue Vocalsolisten

Johanna Vargas, soprano

Susanne Leitz-Lorey, soprano

Inga Schäfer, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Gloger, countertenor

Martin Nagy, tenor

Guillermo Anzorena, baritone

Andreas Fischer, bass

‘T’ stands for God, »O« for the Oceanus. Silvia Rosani draws attention to the refugee dramas taking place in the Mediterranean and at the same time opens up the horizon for ‘Mediterranean perspectives’. For many years, the Neue Vocalsolisten have maintained an intensive dialogue with composer-performers from the Mediterranean region–not least because the voice plays a very special role in Mediterranean musical cultures. Voices from Lampedusa, Cairo, Beirut, Damascus, Istanbul and Palestine paint a picture of a torn space, charged with conflicts and contrasts as well as common roots and longings, which threatens to break the world apart. ‘Where are we going? The sea has neither a destination nor a logic of paths…’ (from T-O)