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Nørgård: Der göttliche Tivoli (The Divine Circus)
Bernd Gebhardt (bass-baritone), Fabienne Jost (soprano), Steffen Kubach (baritone), Jianeng Lu (tenor), Tadahiro Masujima (tenor), Sandra Rohrbach (mezzo-soprano), Simone Tschöke (contralto), Andrea Stadel (soprano), Daniel Szeili (tenor) & Hubert Wild (baritone)
Dorian Keilhack
...a powerfully effective piece, with a text compiled by the composer from a range of sources, and the largely declamatory vocal writing underpinned mostly by a formidable battery of percussion....
Nørgård: Der göttliche Tivoli (The Divine Circus)
Bernd Gebhardt (bass-baritone), Fabienne Jost (soprano), Steffen Kubach (baritone), Jianeng Lu (tenor), Tadahiro Masujima (tenor), Sandra Rohrbach (mezzo-soprano), Simone Tschöke (contralto), Andrea Stadel (soprano), Daniel Szeili (tenor) & Hubert Wild (baritone)
Dorian Keilhack
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...a powerfully effective piece, with a text compiled by the composer from a range of sources, and the largely declamatory vocal writing underpinned mostly by a formidable battery of percussion....
About
Der göttliche Tivoli (The Divine Circus) is Per Nørgård’s (b. 1932) marvellous portrayal of the Swiss schizophrenic artist Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930).
It stands as a key work in contemporary Nordic music drama and in two acts presents two periods in Wölfli’s life; his harsh upbringing in Switzerland in the late 19th century and his confinement in an asylum, where Wölfli for more than 30 years produced an endless number of incredible artworks.
The encounter with Wölfli’s life and art became a significant turning point in Nørgård’s music, which led to a series of great works, all dealing with chaos and catastrophe, among them The Divine Circus.
The Divine Circus is here presented on disc for the first time in a live performance from Stadttheater Bern in 2008.
Contents and tracklist
- Genova Dessislava, Franz Rufli, Adrian Schild, Daniel Scheidegger, Oliver Schar, Ferdinand Heiniger, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Matthias Kuhn, Bernd Gebhardt, Steffen Kubach, Hubert Wild, Daniel Szeili, Fabienne Jost, Andrea Stadel
- Dorian Keilhack
- Recorded: 19 September 2008
- Recording Venue: tStadttheater Bern, Switzerland
- Genova Dessislava, Franz Rufli, Adrian Schild, Daniel Scheidegger, Oliver Schar, Ferdinand Heiniger, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Matthias Kuhn, Bernd Gebhardt, Steffen Kubach, Hubert Wild, Daniel Szeili, Fabienne Jost, Andrea Stadel
- Dorian Keilhack
- Genova Dessislava, Franz Rufli, Adrian Schild, Daniel Scheidegger, Oliver Schar, Ferdinand Heiniger, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Matthias Kuhn, Bernd Gebhardt, Steffen Kubach, Hubert Wild, Daniel Szeili, Fabienne Jost, Andrea Stadel
- Dorian Keilhack
- Genova Dessislava, Franz Rufli, Adrian Schild, Daniel Scheidegger, Oliver Schar, Ferdinand Heiniger, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Matthias Kuhn, Bernd Gebhardt, Steffen Kubach, Hubert Wild, Daniel Szeili, Fabienne Jost, Andrea Stadel
- Dorian Keilhack
- Genova Dessislava, Franz Rufli, Adrian Schild, Daniel Scheidegger, Oliver Schar, Ferdinand Heiniger, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Matthias Kuhn, Bernd Gebhardt, Steffen Kubach, Hubert Wild, Daniel Szeili, Fabienne Jost, Andrea Stadel
- Dorian Keilhack
Awards and reviews
18th February 2010
...a powerfully effective piece, with a text compiled by the composer from a range of sources, and the largely declamatory vocal writing underpinned mostly by a formidable battery of percussion. There is enough in the music, and in the allusive visual and literary layers around it, to suggest it would have a real theatrical presence.
