compositeur : John Oliver, composer
livret : Genni Gunn, libretto
mis en scène : Pauline Vaillancourt, director
avec/starring: Rinde Eckert (tenor), Jacinthe Thibault (mezzo-soprano), Éthel Guéret (soprano), Patrick Mallette (bariton) and the "three girls" Ghislaine Deschambault, Claudine Ledoux, and Jean-François Daignault
The band is BRADYWORKS:
Tim Brady - electric guitar / guitare électrique,
Eric Lagacé - electric bass / guitare basse electrique,
André Leroux - saxophones
Jean-Marc Bouchard - saxophones
Pamela Reimer - keyboards /claviers
Brigitte Poulin - keyboards /claviers
Sous la direction de Cristian Gort, conductor
John Oliver, DSP / traitement en temps réel.
..et un gang d'aritistes visuels qui font de la magie!
Luc Maltais: sound engineer / prise de son, mixage
Influences
Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Benjamin Britten, Mahler, Alban Berg, John Adams, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Luciano Berio, Henri Pousseur, Peter Maxwell-Davies, B.A. Zimmermann, Stockhausen, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Puccini, Kurt Weil, Brian Eno, David Byrne, David Bowie, Bjork, Alain Thibault, Hildegard Westerkamp, Kraftwerk, Beatles, John Zorn, Naked City, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Residents, John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, blues
Sounds Like
cut-up blues, pop, progrock and opera
"...some very beautifully sung duets and a really powerful ensemble leading to the show's climax. [Rinde] Eckert...is very much the anchord of the show. His sense of timing, both dramatic and comedic, is fierce. Jacinthe Thibault is also very powerful..." -Alan Conter, The Globe and Mail
dans un lieu ou s'entremêlent les styles musicaux, les univers virtuels et réels, la robotique, les tissus intelligents...que deviennent les relations humaines, charnelles?
La première a eu lieu le 1 jusqu'au 5 mai 2007, Usine C, Montréal.
in a space where musical styles, real and virtual universes, robotics and intelligent skin merge...what happens to human carnal relations?
The premiere run occured May 1 to 5, 2007, Usine C, Montréal.
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in Vancouver, a simulcast took place on May 5 at Western Front 303 E. 8th Ave.
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Philosophie Fantasmagorique, this new album also includes cover art in 2000x2000 definition and a 47 pages movie script.
"In the course of a lifetime, one encounters very few major musical talents. Vincent Bergeron is one of those few, a unique composer who is at the forefront of musical thinking(...)" Noah Creshevsky Composer Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
