Classical Music – Klaas Verpoest https://klaasverpoest.com Something that existed before and was incorporated into something that came later.. Sat, 23 Dec 2023 09:06:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Weg van Bach https://klaasverpoest.com/weg-van-bach/ Sat, 23 Dec 2023 08:53:28 +0000 https://klaasverpoest.com/?p=1126 Read More »Weg van Bach]]> In december 2022, cellist Benjamin Glorieux went on a week-long journey from Arnstadt to Lübeck. With his cello on his back, Glorieux followed the same route that Bach took 300 years ago, in order to hear his great hero Buxtehude play. Bach’s cello suites formed the rhythmic thread during his walks: “As I heard the music sounded in my mind or played live, I collected reflections, ideas and insights that will guide the live performance.”

Initially, I was supposed to join Benjamin on this journey but was unfortunately prevented from going. A month later, we undertook a trip along to the locations that impressed Benjamin the most. I recorded these through 3D scans, with those impressions I went to work and created various worlds that the tour depicts internally and externally. As a viewer, you step along, as it were, to the rippling music.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) 6 Suites for cello, BWV 1007-1012
Performed by:
Benjamin Glorieux, cello
Klaas Verpoest & Johan Van Mol, video artist
Steven Reymer, Light Design

“Weg van Bach” is a coproduction of Klara Festival and Bozar
11 March 2023, Klara Festival – Bozar, Henry Le Boeuf Hall (B)

]]> Impressions de Pelléas | Claude Debussy https://klaasverpoest.com/impressions-de-pelleas/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:57:16 +0000 http://klaasverpoest.com/?p=747 Read More »Impressions de Pelléas | Claude Debussy]]> Debussy has created a new kind of musical drama with Pelléas. The text, by the Belgian Nobel prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck, is incorporated word for word. The play is a high point in symbolism and explores psychology, humankind’s deepest nature and feelings. Much of the appeal of the piece—it has been set to music a total of five times—hides in the shroud of mystery that envelops the characters and their mutual intrigues. That Debussy’s version is the most popular has everything to do with the composer being able to perfectly translate the sultry, mysterious atmosphere of the story into a magnificent interplay between sound and colour.

09.08.2018: MaFestival – Concertgebouw, Brugge
18.04.2018: Opera 21 – De Bijloke, Gent
10.03.2018: Klara Festival – Flagey, Brussel
07.10.2017: Festival 20/21 – 30cc, Leuven

Performers:
Lore Binon: Mélisande
Pierre-Yves Pruvot: Golaud
Reinoud Van Mechelen: Pelléas
Tijl Faveyts: Arkel
Angélique Noldus: Généviève
Camille Bauer: Yniold
Inge Spinette & Jan Michiels: piano (DUO YIN-YANG)
Klaas verpoest & Jan Duerinck: Kinetic Typography
Dimitri Stuyven: Light Design
Picture: Guy Buys

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