A Lover’s Discourse
Join the Dunedin Consort on 31st May at Platform on 1st June for A Lover's Discourse, a unique and transformative experience!
About A Lover’s Discourse
In love, as in music, we find ourselves in a multitude of hazy, transcendental states, neither here nor there. ‘We are enchanted, bewitched: we are in the realm of sleep, without sleeping; we are within the voluptuous infantilism of sleepiness: this is the moment for telling stories.’ So says Roland Barthes in his sweeping and ecstatic examination of human love, A Lover’s Discourse.
Join us for a unique and transformative experience, as we pair Barthes’ vivid recitations with madrigals by Monteverdi, Gesualdo and Marenzio, a specially commissioned film by Arms & Legs, and Pippa Murphy’s evocative new score.
Nicholas Mulroy, director & tenor
Pippa Murphy, composer
Arms & Legs, film
Dunedin Consort
Programme
Roland Barthes - Excerpts from A Lover’s Discourse
Claudio Monteverdi - Rimanti in pace, Anima mia perdona, Ah, dolente partita
Carlo Gesualdo - Ardita zanzaretta, Ardo per te, mio bene
Luca Marenzio - Tirsi morir volea, Dolorosi martir
Pippa Murphy - New commission
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