Talea Ensemble

On Friday, January 9 at 8 p.m. in the CenterStage at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, the I/O New Music Fest 2015 presents the Talea Ensemble performing Georges Aperghis’s Happy End.

Georges Aperghis: Happy End

Talea Ensemble

Georges Aperghis: Happy End (2007)

for animated film, live electronics, and ensemble

Animated feature film: Hans Op de Beeck, Bruno Hardt, Klaas Verpoest

Computer Music Production: Sebastien Roux

Conductor: James Baker

Happy End was created by French composer Georges Aperghis and Belgian video-artist Hans Op de Beeck (with the voices of Edith Scob and Michael Lonsdale) who collaborated to bring an adaptation of Charles Perrault’s “Le Petit Poucet” [“Hop-o’-My-Thumb”] to the stage in 2007 at the Opera Lille in France with Belgian Ensemble Ictus. At an hour long, the work features a 16-member ensemble on stage with live electronics, projected video and pre-recorded voices. It is an arresting, all encompassing experience that pulls the audience into the world of the story, becoming more than just a retelling of the tale and closer to a psychological journey into the mind of its protagonist. It is described as “the result of a remarkable artistic triangle” that portrays “a boundless wander through imaginary cities.” (Klaas Verpoest) The black and white film contains animation, text and narration. While the music is a sonic representation of the visual, it is also critical fundamental matter with its own psyche.

Having given the American premiere of Happy End in New York this past April, the Talea Ensemble is thrilled to perform it again at the ’62 Center.

For more info:

http://taleaensemble.org/

http://taleaensemble.org/projects/

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