BERNHARD LANG: HERMETIKA IX - VOX ANGELI II
parts
Osculetur me
Nigra Sum
Le Tonnerre
The Angels Song
credits
Marieke Berendsen, violin and scenography
Nico Couck, e-guitar
Katrien Gaelens, flute
Yves Goemaere, percussion
Wannes Gonnissen, sound
Robin Goossens, business manager
Jasmijn Lootens, cello
Pieter Matthynssens, artistic director
Elisa Medinilla, keyboard
Els Mondelaers, voice
Thomas Moore, trombone
Dries Tack, clarinet
Veerle Vervoort, production leaderIn a jar in an ancient cemetery in Egypt in 1945, three brothers found a collection of enigmatic texts from the early days of Christianity, the so-called ‘Nag Hammadi scriptures’. They inspired a cycle of four pieces that Austrian composer Bernhard Lang composed especially for Nadar Ensemble. The main character is a female divine figure who, through paradoxical statements, summons her listeners to return to the ‘true’ life from a state of folly. Hermetika is a haunting eclectic cycle along several locations where both the heavenly and the hellish coexist.
Hermetika IX was commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge. More info soon about the recording we made for Kairos.