EVERGREEN
choregie project by Karmina Šilec
Premiere: 6. 10. 2016 in Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana
ORPHIC MOMENT ON TITANIC… grand moment when the transcendent nature of the music rebuffed the crush of the indifferent fate …
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The myth of Orpheus, who addressed gods by dint of music, has been one of the greatest myths for centuries. Musicians on the Titanic, who kept playing until the end and might have helped more than 2000 souls on the sinking steamer, have been recognized as the global myth of our time. Evergreen has been inspired by the great moment when transcendental nature of music did away with the pressure of indifferent destiny. Facing the inevitable death, the musicians played under severe circumstances on a gigantic mechanic structure that was falling apart with piercing sounds, being swallowed by the roaring, uncompromising ocean underneath. Their music thus became a way of taking over control in the middle of chaos and in the middle of the unknown; it maintained hope and embraced what was inevitable – the death. It was an extreme trial, trying to trick death, even if for a few moments only. These musicians cherished music as a sacrament soon to be fulfilled by death. Music was the highlight of the ceremony.
We tend to look for such moments of ecstasy, want to experience the transcendental, that which deeply stirs us, to cross our limits for a moment. In those moments we feel we have lived fuller than usual, we push things to the very edge and immerse ourselves in all of the humanity. The last minutes these musicians played represent the emblem of what music really is: a spiritual bond with what is larger than we are, and a mutual connectedness between people.
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