Tondal's Vision
Music of Dalmatian traditional and medieval cantors
Abbo Abbas
The earliest western polyphony… and a murder mystery
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Sanda Herzic graduated in dramatic arts at the National Conservatory in Zagreb and at the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris.
Since 1984, she directed and performed different theater pieces in France, Croatia, England and Australia: original, theatrical and musical creations. She staged Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, The Elephant Man by B. Pomerance, Kes by B. Hines, Queen of the Snows by J.C. Andersen, Hunters of Stories by Aesop, etc. Picture of Dreams is a work she created among the Australian Aborigines. She staged Apocalypso in three versions: in Vienna, Zagreb and Amsterdam.
In her stagings, music plays a very important role, but in her last creations, Sei Solo and The Vision of Tondal, Sound becomes the main actor. She seeks a pure and universal language to stage the most profound themes with lightness.
Excerpt from a performance of Judith at the Zadar Festival (Croatia), in July 2007 – a video directed by Sanda Herzic
Salve regina
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Zač noge tvoje sada u tanci ne igraju ?
(MP3, 1:18, 533 KB)
In a reinvented musical language, between plain-chant, readings, traditional melodies and simple polyphonies (full of unexpected intervals), seven singers with superb voices and a rare commitment, carry us on a visionary voyage through time and space… to the other-side. Remarquable!
Diapason, 2004
Summer 2008
• June 3rd, Cité de la musique, Paris
Amphithéâtre, 8pm
Programme: Judith
Booking: 01 44 84 44 84
www.cite-musique.fr
• June 16th, Dvigrad Festival
Kanfanar, Croatia
Crkva sv. Silvestra, 9.30pm
Programme: Judith
• June 25th, Romanischer Sommer
Köln, Germany
St Pantaleon’s church, 9.30pm
Programme: Judith
www.romanischer-sommer.de
• August 13th, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Greyfriars Kirk, 5.45pm
Programme: Chant Wars
www.eif.co.uk
• August 19th, Festival de música antigua de Sajazarra, La Rioja, Spain
Iglesia de la Asunción, 8.30pm
Programme: Abbo Abbas
Booking: +34 941 320 346
• August 27th, Académie Bach, France
Varengeville sur mer’s church, 8.30pm
Programme: Judith
www.academie-bach.fr
August 28th-30th, 2008, Antwerp, Belgium
International Young Artists Presentation - Early Music
More information at www.musica.be