EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES
Björk's Songs Performed on Period Instruments
Show I On tour I 2012-2025 - 1h
Surrounded by a team of instrumentalists specializing in early music, David Chevallier arranged a selection of Bjork songs and mixed them with extracts from works by Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Barbara Strozzi ...
This unexpected encounter between two distant musical worlds gives birth to a very original concert, reconciling fans of the Icelandic Pop Star, and fans of baroque music.
Trio version
The trio version has an intimate feel and is perfectly suited to small venues and close contact with the audience. It really comes into its own in historic venues, chapels, castles, or Italian-style theaters.
Soprano
Marie Théoleyre
Bass viol
Marion Martineau
Theorbo, baroque guitar, arrangements
David Chevallier
Quartet and quintet versions
The quartet and quintet versions feature two to three violas da gamba playing together, evoking the sound of the consorts so beloved by 17th-century composers.
The pieces feature surprising overlays of Björk’s songs with excerpts from Purcell, Marin Marais, and Monteverdi.
Soprano
Bass viol
Marie Théoleyre
Marion Martineau
Violone (quintet version)
Tenor Viola
Thomas de Pierrefeu
Atsushi Sakaï
Theorb, baroque guitar, arrangements
David Chevallier
Seven and eight versions
Filmed by: Kalison - Directed by: John Blanch - JBP FILMS - J. Blanch Productions
The septet and octet versions seduce by the range of sounds offered, thanks to the presence of old brass instruments with particularly attractive timbres (cornet, sackbut, serpent). The breadth of the orchestrations, the richness of the rhythms of Keyvan Chemirani, virtuoso of the Zarb, have made a unique artistic proposal, which finds its place in its acoustic form as in the sound version. Here too, Monteverdi, Strozzi and Purcell converse with Björk in harmony.
Soprano
Serpent, bass cornet
Marie Théoleyre
Volny Hostiou
Bookhorn, recorder
Judith Pacquier
Bass and alto violas
Atsushi Sakai
Bass sackbut
Zarb, Daf
Abel Rohrbach
Keyvan Chemirani
Tenor Sackbut (octet version)
Theorbo, baroque guitar, arrangements
Alexis Lahens
David Chevallier