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.
Excerpts from the DVD "Judith", filmed in September 2010 in the Church of St. Donat (Zadar, Croatia), in coproduction with the Croatian National Television. Release planned for 2012.
Salve regina
(MP3, 1:22, 563 KB)
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
• 6 February 2012
Bouffes du Nord, Paris, France, 20:30
Programme: excerpts from Judith (in the framework of the presentation Printemps des Arts de Montecarlo)
www.bouffesdunord.com
• 11 February 2012
Bozar Bruxelles, Belgium, 20:00
Programme: Barlaam & Josaphat
www.bozar.be
• 14 February 2012
Kasteel Ammerzoyen Ammerzoden, Netherlands, 20:15
Programme: Barlaam & Josaphat
www.kasteel-ammersoyen.nl
• 15 February 2012
Huis Bergh's Heerenberg, Netherlands, 20:
Programme: Barlaam & Josaphat
www.huisbergh.nl
• 17 February 2012
Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh Utrecht, Netherlands, 20:
Programme: Barlaam & Josaphat
www.vredenburg.nl
• 18 February 2012
Waalse Kerk Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 20:15
Programme: Barlaam & Josaphat
http://oudemuziek.bo9.nl
• 19 February 2012
Stichting laurenskerk Rotterdam, Netherlands, 20:30
Programme: Barlaam & Josaphat
www.laurenskerkrotterdam.nl