Review
Highly sophisticated music pieces illustrating different episodes from “King Lear”. Demanded prior (fairly in depth) knowledge of Shakespeare’s play I think. I felt sorry for the performers in such a hot, unventilated space. The singing was intense and passionate. The ‘Cordelia’ character singing through tears of anguish and pain. I loved the percussion bits (feet, chairs and 9 semi-tuned drum head ‘discs’, played by one musician and held by the other 9 performers) Also appreciated the over-tone singing. Not too sure about the rather mannered hand movements. I also enjoyed the more visceral Polish throat singing (remembering Dautenis, the IVOC Polish group’s singing).
The musical/artistic Director’s presence was very strong – from the side of the performance area. He gave an introductory talk, explaining that the audience should think of the pieces as pictures painted in music . He then gave a literary context most of the pieces.
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Why is the work suitable or not suitable / ready for rural touring ?
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Not suitable , because I think it would be too expensive (10 performers plus Director (I bet anything they don’t go anywhere without him!! ) and technician?
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Why would you book them ? or Why wouldn’t you book them ?
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No, because it would be more suited to a Contemporary Music Festival.
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Why would it be worth pursuing this company to consider work in the future? Or not ?
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See above comments. Also not sure how much time the company spends in the UK.
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