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Mullova Ensemble: Transfigured Night

with music by Jasmine Morris

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Viktoria Mullova playing her violin

Through music, poetry and dance, Viktoria Mullova and her ensemble take us on an immersive journey into a nocturnal forest, setting the scene for Schoenberg’s profoundly moving ode to love.

A magical atmosphere created through lighting and set design invites us into the first part of the programme, which is further brought to life by Joshua Junker’s choreography as danced by Ching-Ying Chien.

Punctuated by Jasmine Morris’s electronic music using samples of Verklärte Nacht and by verses of the Richard Dehmel poem that inspired Schoenberg projected behind the stage, the Mullova Ensemble plays music that anticipates the themes of Schoenberg’s work. Alongside moments of improvisation, the ensemble moves from moonlit forests to romantic declarations, foreshadowing the passion of a story in which despair is vanquished by love. Then, suddenly, all special effects vanish, focussing attention on the intense beauty of Verklärte Nacht.

Tagged with: Classical music Barbican Presents

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Produced by the Barbican

Programme

  • Johann Sebastian Bach   'Andante' from Sonata No 2 in A minor
  • Claude Debussy   Clair de Lune (arr for two violas)
  • Richard Strauss   Waldseligkeit
  • Johann Sebastian Bach   'Adagio' from Sonata No 1 in G minor
  • Béla Bartók   'Ruthenian Song', 'Cradle Song', 'Sorrow', 'Harvest Song' and 'Ruthenian Round Dance' from 44 Duos for Two Violins
  • Leoš Janáček   'Moderato' from String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters
  • Arnold Schoenberg   Verklärte Nacht

Performers

  • Mullova Ensemble  
  • Viktoria Mullova   violin
  • Lisa Rieder   violin
  • Nils Mönkemeyer   viola
  • Kinga Wojdalska   viola
  • Matthew Barley   director & cello
  • Peteris Sokolovskis   cello
  • Ching-Ying Chien   dancer
  • Jasmine Morris   composer
  • Joshua Junker   choreographer
  • Nick Hillel, Yeast Culture   projections
  • Sander Loonen   technician

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Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

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