11 marzo, 2018

GERMÁN TORO: "Reise nach Comala" [2015-2017]


Reise nach Comala, Music theatre by German Toro Perez from PHACE on Vimeo.

Music Theatre based on the novel "Pedro Páramo" by Juan Rulfo
for actors (7), vocal ensemble (8), instrumental ensemble (9) and electronics (2)
Libretto by Stefan Nolte
2015-17 Duration: 2 hours

Premiere: Mai 16, 2017, Theater der Künste, Bühne A, Zurich.

Vokal Ensemble Zürich | PHACE Contemporary, Vienna | ICST | Stefan Nolte, Director | Mathis Neidhardt, Decor | Stefan Bolliger, Light | Georg Lendorff, Video | Florian Bogner & Germán Toro Pérez, Sound Projection | Muriel Schwarz, Solo Soprano (VEZ) | Peter Siegwart, Conductor |

André Willmund · Pedro Páramo | Jonas Rüegg · Juan Preciado · Tilcuate | Ingo Ospelt · Father Renteria · Bartolomé · Revolutionary | Mona Petri · Susana · Naked Woman | Lukas Waldvogel · Fulgor · Priest from Contla · Revolutionary | Jessica Früh · Eduviges · Damiana · Dorotea· Revolutionary | Joachim Aeschlimann · Abundio · Miguel · Naked Mann · Revolutionary |

"PEDRO PÁRAMO" [film de CARLOS VELO, 1967]


JUAN RULFO: "Pedro Páramo" [1955]

15 septiembre, 2017

STEVE REICH: The Desert Music [1987]



The Schönberg Ensemble, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag and the BBC Singers perform Steve Reich, The Desert Music conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. Recorded during the Holland Festival in Carré theatre in Amsterdam 28 juni 1987. Broadcasted by Dutch Television.

14 septiembre, 2017

Reich and Sondheim: In Conversation and Performance [2015]



Stephen Sondheim first expressed his admiration for Steve Reich in a 1979 interview with Frank Rich. For the first time, on January 31, 2015, the two luminaries and mutual admirers appeared together on stage for a conversation moderated by WNYC’s John Schaefer and a performance of several of their milestone works by Paul Gemignani, George Lee Andrews, Kate Baldwin, Michael Cerveris, Anthony de Mare, Ensemble Signal, Alexander Gemignani, and Derek Johnson.

01 julio, 2017

Chasing: Esa-Pekka Salonen - Los Angeles, London & Cologne [2008]



A 52 minute documentary by
l i t t l e m a r g i e p r o d u c t i o n s
©2008 in cooperation with YLE TV1, YLE/Export, Finland.

28 enero, 2017

Bach: Una Vida Apasionada



John Eliot Gardiner goes in search of Bach the man and the musician.

The famous portrait of Bach portrays a grumpy 62-year-old man in a wig and formal coat, yet his greatest works were composed 20 years earlier in an almost unrivalled blaze of creativity.

We reveal a complex and passionate artist; a warm and convivial family man at the same time a rebellious spirit struggling with the hierarchies of state and church who wrote timeless music that is today known world-wide. Gardiner undertakes a 'Bach Tour' of Germany, and sifts the relatively few clues we have - some newly-found.

Most of all, he uses the music to reveal the real Bach.