Scenic creation
ODYSSÉE FOR CELLO AND IMAGINARY CHOIR
WITH
André Markowicz (poet, translator)
Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cellist)
ABOUT US
In my imagination, the Mediterranean is first and foremost an image.
“It soon became clear to me that in my imagination, the Mediterranean is first and foremost an image. A round stage with a black sand floor, surrounded by stone bleachers.
A lone woman, surrounded by the sea, speaks, shouts, whispers. To the earth, to the gods, to herself.
Her Odyssey is a succession of adventures in which she is confronted by wind, waves, chaos, storms, sobs and an imaginary choir…
Maybe that woman is me, and her voice would be that of my cello.
I realized that to enter into this story, I had to remove all known support: harmonic support, timbre support, even presence support.
Facing the elements alone. To be submerged, to resist, never to be a witness but an actress.
And so the idea of a soundtrack was born.
I started collecting a lot of sounds from different sources. Films (Pasolini’s Médée, Rossellini’s Stromboli) live scenes, sound libraries, etc. I started working on this sound material with Franck Rossi.
Mixing, distorting, processing and superimposing sounds. Create a sound scenario.
The music could finally come back, I was ready.”
AN ODYSSEY IN 13 ADVENTURES
The Explosion – Before The Sound – The Story – Chaos – The Storm – The Scream – The Nurse – Cantique – Vertigo – The Waves – The Reversal – Casta Diva – Adio
MUSIC
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, after a melody by Ney
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, music inspired by an Egyptian psalmody
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Souvenir de l’ecclésiaste after André Hajdu
Franck Krawczyk, Repetitio
Georges Aperghis, Le reste du Temps, excerpt
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, music inspired by a Corsican song
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, music inspired by a Hebrew chant
Johann Sebastian Bach, 6th suite in D major (prelude)
Enrique Granados, Eternal Elegy
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, music inspired by an Arabo-Andalusian song
Sergei Prokofiev, Symphonie concertante Op.125 (2nd movement – excerpt)
Vincenzo Bellini, Casta Diva- Norma
“IN THE DIFFERENT SPACES, I PLAYED. WE LISTENED TO THE ACOUSTICS CARRY THE PHRASES, MARRY THE TIMBRES.”
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credits & thanks
DESIGN, MUSIC AND SOUNDTRACK CREATION
Sonia Wieder-Atherton
MUSICAL COLLABORATION
Franck Krawczyk
SOUNDTRACK PRODUCTION
Franck Rossi
DECOR
Romain Pellas
LIGHTS
Franck Thévenon, based on an idea by Xavier Arias
PRODUCTION
Madamelune in coproduction with Gaité Lyrique, Théâtre du jeu de Paume, Abbey de Noirlac, Maison de la Musique de Nanterre, Arsenal de Metz, Théâtre de St Quentin en Yvelines
PHOTOS
DR and Marthe Lemelle
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Drac-île-de France and Adami
