Thu 18 April 2019,
8 p.m.
Elbphilharmonie
Creation
Concert

Le Encantadas

Two years after its premiere in Donaueschingen, the major work by Olga Neuwirth continues its tour of Europe. Inspired by a short story by Herman Melville, Enchanted Islands, and even more by the adventure of Luigi Nono’s Prometeo premiered in Venice, Le Encantadas o le avventurenel mare dellemeraviglie carries the audience in the “recreated” acoustics of the San Lorenzo church in Venice, or to an imaginary lagoon. The 3D convolution carried out by IRCAM’s scientists transforms the concert hall into somewhere else.

Olga Neuwirth Le Encantadas o le avventurenel mare dellemeraviglie (2015)
(The Encantadas or Adventures in a Sea of Wonders, after Herman Melville)

Ensemble intercontemporain
Matthias Pintscher Direction
Gilbert Nouno, Serge Lemouton IRCAM Computer Music Design
Markus Noisternig IRCAM-STMS Scientific Advisor(Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces team)
Sylvain Cadars IRCAMSound Engineer

Recorded voices and sequences of the electronics :
Church of San Lorenzo, Venice : Livia Rado, soprano / Athos Castellan, trombone
IRCAM Studio :Johan Leysen, narrator / Andrew Watts, countertenor

With the support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and of the Consulate General of Austria.
  • Olga Neuwirth © Harald Hoffmann / Ed. Durand
    Olga Neuwirth © Harald Hoffmann / Ed. Durand
  • Ensemble intercontemporain © Ensemble intercontemporain
    Ensemble intercontemporain © Ensemble intercontemporain