Storytelling concert
"I felt like I was carrying a fragile jewel. It even seemed to me as if there was nothing more fragile on earth. I looked at this pale forehead in the moonlight, these closed eyes, this strand of wheat-blonde hair trembling in the wind, and I said to myself: what I see is only a shell. The real thing is invisible..."
We invite you to join us on a journey of discovery. On a journey to discover slowness, friendship and the color of wheat.
We follow Antoine's advice, ignoring millions of stars that seem to laugh like millions of bells, to await the little prince under his stars.
"The Little Prince meets YOU" is an approx. 80-minute concert, interactively narrated by actress Jana Kühn, and the new composition by Peter Leipold is impressively drawn by four musicians (violin, cello, piano & saxophone). Alternating between music and language, the audience is immersed in a world in which reality and fiction go hand in hand. Become a contemporary witness of Saint-Exupéry and an ally of the Little Prince.
Ensemble VIDA seeks the "living", the exchange with itself and the audience through interactive concert formats, and it explores the mutually inspiring exchange between original compositions and spoken word.
The peculiarity of the rather unusual instrumentation - saxophone, violin, cello, piano and voice - is not the only circumstance that encourages new sound concepts: the composer is part of the ensemble and can thus help shape the musical idea and interpretation as a joint, lively process, rather than being separated from each other as is usually the case.
The ensemble became known through the "Klingendes Gut" concert series in rural areas, which was sponsored by the NDR Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Music and Film Fund and initiated by the ensemble itself. With this CD recording, the ensemble is now also making its recording debut.
Another innovative concert concept based on Michael Ende's story "MOMO" has been realized in collaboration with the Verlag für Kindertheater.
Instrumentation:
Saxophone - Claudia Meures
Violin - Maria Meures-Leipold
Violoncello - Marcus Sundermeyer
Piano/composition - Peter Leipold
Voice/ Acting - Jana Kühn
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www.peter-leipold.com
