COLOR & LAMENTO: A musical theater of the labyrinth

Together with the vocal ensemble AuditivVokal Dresden and the ensemble Continuum XXI, the world premiere of two compositions by Alyssa Aska and Alberto Arroyo takes place in combination with ‘enharmonic’ or microintervallic works by Nicola Vicentino and Emilio de Cavalieri (16th century).

Like a labyrinth, the various compositions wander through a fog of orientation difficulties, blurring tones and relationships to one another. Moreover, the composers resemble each other in their search for fundamental structures in music and their questioning of them.

The labyrinth has served various cultures over the centuries as a projection surface in the search for knowledge: a convoluted place of disorientation, of searching, of dead ends and uncertainties. The seeker is always caught in the process of uncertainty, of questioning himself or herself and of fear in the face of impending resignation and failure.

By developing a special spatial dramaturgy within Romy Rexheuser’s installation, a musical-spatial examination of the theme of disorientation and irritation takes place. The spatial realization is designed for three different rooms within the Festspielhaus Hellerau.

Duration: ca. 1 h 30 min