Many Visions of Many Cosmos: Olivier Messsiaen's Vision de l'amen by Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong

Audio-visual imagination of cosmic currents

The first part of the performance focuses on Visions de l'amen to be performed by piano duo 'Tattoo'.  The music demonstrates the Catholic perspective towards things on earth and the universe.  Messiaen’s instrumental epic will be played with a re-edited version of Hong Kong filmmaker Rita Hui's award-winning feature Keening Woman, a visual essay on Taoist beliefs of the underworld.  The juxtaposition of Catholic cosmology and Taoist underworld constitutes the conceptual pillar of this multimedia production - the many visions of many cosmos.  The piano duo 'Tattoo' is comprised of local pianist Linda Yim and American pianist Thomas Rosenkranz.  Rosenkranz was a student of Messiaen's second wife Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen.

The second part of the performance is an audio-visual performance: New eyes - for [single] player by composer Remy Siu (with Paul Paroczai).  Throughout the work, a generative light sculpture is manipulated through a series of limited performer’s interventions.  The piece seeks to subvert the standard relationship between player and instrument by creating consequence and complication for every action.

Post-performance talk on 16.6.2017 (Conducted in English with brief Cantonese interpretation)

Free Seating

Programme Length

The running time of each performance is approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes including an intermission of 15 minutes.

Audience is strongly advised to arrive punctually.  Latecomers and audiences who leave their seats during the performance will only be admitted to their own seats during the intermission or at a suitable break.

Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong

Founded in 2007, Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong (CMHK) is a registered charitable institution that is devoted to the promotion and presentation of contemporary music and cross-disciplinary practices in sound.  CMHK has worked closely with various organizations to present multi-disciplinary and exploratory productions and draw simultaneously from diverse disciplines ranging from music, sound and theatre to technology, circus, moving images and spatial installations.  Many of these productions feature either important pieces from the contemporary music repertoire that are never before heard in Hong Kong, or more familiar compositions presented in fresh, multimedia contexts.

Composition:  Olivier Messiaen

Composer and multimedia artist:  Remy Siu    

Piano:  Linda Yim, Thomas Rosenkranz    

Installation:  Kacey Wong

Video:  Rita Hui

Many Visions of Many Cosmos: Olivier Messsiaen's Vision de l'amen by Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong

DATE

VENUE

PRICE

16.06.2017 (Fri) - 17.06.2017 (Sat)
20:00

18.06.2017 (Sun)
15:00

Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre

$200

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DATE

16.06.2017 (Fri) - 17.06.2017 (Sat)
20:00

18.06.2017 (Sun)
15:00

VENUE

Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre

PRICE

$200

BUY NOW

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Audience is strongly advised to arrive punctually.  Latecomers and audiences who leave their seats during the performance will only be admitted to their own seats during the intermission or at a suitable break.

The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.