»The duo captivates with an ambitious journey through the centuries, stopping at (almost) nothing.« Anyone reading this enthusiastic review in Berlin’s Tagesspiegel of Ema Nikolovska and Sean Shibe’s programme »Orlando« can sense that the time-honoured recital format has been given a comprehensive update.
The programme was inspired by the main character of an experimental novel by Virginia Woolf. Orlando experiences an eventful life story spanning several centuries and ultimately even changes gender. It is only logical that such a multi-layered source material calls for an equally multifaceted adaptation. And so Nikolovska and Shibe made this versatility the modus operandi of an evening spanning no fewer than 11 composers and six centuries!
The programme’s trajectory ranges from the Baroque sounds of John Dowland through the Romantic sensibility of Franz Schubert to contemporary voices such as Thomas Adès, and incidentally includes music by Bob Dylan as well. To do justice to the breadth of this repertoire, Sean Shibe plays both classical and electric guitar and further expands the sound spectrum with electronic elements. You are warmly invited to join us on this journey through the centuries!
PERFORMERS
Ema Nikolovska mezzo-soprano
Sean Shibe guitar, e-guitar and electronic
PROGRAM
Orlando
Jules Massenet
Ô souverain, ô juge, ô père
John Dowland
Praeludium
John Dowland
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite F I/66
John Dowland
Think’st Thou Then by Thy Feigning
John Dowland
Come, Heavy Sleep F I/40
Sasha Scott
1000 Parts of You
Detlev Glanert
Insel der Düfte
Detlev Glanert
Hexensabbat
Thomas Adès
Over the Sea
Detlev Glanert
Lied der Wehmut
Thomas Adès
Habanera
- Interval -
Detlev Glanert
Orlandos Traum
Detlev Glanert
Lied vom Meer
Detlev Glanert
Der Hippogryph
Cassandra Miller
Dream Memorandum
Hans Abrahamsen
See the Limpid Spring
Franz Schubert
So laßt mich scheinen
John Dowland
Orlando Sleepeth
Pauline Viardot-García
Aimez-moi
Bob Dylan
Masters of War
Laurie Anderson
O Superman (for Massenet)
