Peter Ablinger: WIR ALLE HABEN ES GESEHEN viderunt omnes
2020/21
ritual for 3 baroque instruments*, 3 performers, stereo-tape, feedback, ultrasonic waves and infra-beds, 44'
*descant gamba, soprano/tenor recorder, baroque violin (and vl with scordatura)
Pérotin, Viderunt Omnes, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Pérotin's "Viderunt Omnes" in an anamorphic transformation as the performative invironment of "Wir alle haben es gesehen", a free translation from "Viderunt Omnes". Feedback, ultra- and infrasonic waves are extending the range towards the edges auf audibility; the infra-sounds crossing that border into the area of tactility: "infra-beds" with low-frequency shakers are inviting the audience to stand, sit or lie on them, participating in a communal choreography, while the beds serve as the membrane for different vibration patterns, a specific wave-massage.
infra-bed, ink-sketch, 2021
Pérotin on sonic-bed, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Infra-bed and rehearsal at Zentralwerk Dresden 2021, Foto: Maria Tržan
Continuum XXI performing "Wir alle..." at Tharandt Kuppelhalle 2021
Foto: Siegrid Ablinger
Impressions from the premiere with Contimuum XXI, youtube link, 45:00
In den Bakchen möchte Pentheus Zuschauer sein beim Ritual. Die Ritualistinnen machen ihn jedoch zum Opfer: er wird zerissen. (Aus den Notizen zu: "Wir alle...")
