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SUMMARY:Songcycle for a Sad Clown
DTSTAMP:20260418T182529Z
DTSTART:20260506T183000Z
DESCRIPTION:An eerie cabaret for clown\, choir\, clarinet\, piano and percu
	ssion by Sabine\nPendry\n\nIn this concert (on May 6 and 7)\, a strange cr
	eature invites you to make light\nof her troubles. She weeps in tune\, cra
	ving laughter\, applause\, and most of all\,\npity. Her off-kilter ensembl
	e echoes her lament...\n\nSongcycle for a Sad Clown is an experimental mus
	ic-theatre piece by\nsinger/composer Sabine Pendry (premiering at O. Festi
	val in 2027). This May 6th\nand 7th\, she performs an alternative concert 
	version of the staged piece\, diving\ninto the sonic world of the clownesq
	ue together with musicians Hildur Elísa\nJónsdóttir\, Domen Cizej\, Nadia 
	Bakhshi\, and George Demetriou.\n\nComposition\, lyrics\, concept\, direct
	ion\, performance: Sabine Pendry\nArranging\, co-composition: George Demet
	riou\nClarinet\, vocals: Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir\nPiano\, vocals: Nadia Ba
	khshi\nPercussion\, vocals: Domen Cizej\nDramaturgy: Ari Teperberg\nClown 
	costume: Raphael René Jacobs and Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir\nPhotography: Rom
	an Ermolaev\n\nArtist bio:\nSabine Pendry is an American-Dutch singer\, pe
	rformer\, and music-theatremaker\nbased in Amsterdam. Graduating from Sjar
	on Minailo’s Re:Master Opera program at\nthe Sandberg Institute in 2024\, 
	she currently creates independent stage work and\nmoves fluidly between co
	mposing\, writing and direction.\nSabine’s pieces are sound-and-language d
	riven\, relying on the intimacy of the\nsung voice\, heightened poetic tex
	ts and stark stage images to create peculiar\nand immersive worlds. She ex
	plores themes of grief\, obsession\, faith\, death\, and\nthe absurd\, and
	 the ways these phenomena are mediated\, performed and codified in\ncontem
	porary culture. Musically she is inspired by folkloric melodies\, opera\,\
	nand extended vocal techniques.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/songcycle-for-a-sad-clown
GEO:52.3699078;4.9032848
LOCATION:Splendor - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116\, 1011 LX Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:alternative,amsterdam-centrum,cabaret,concert,experimental,festi
	vals,music,nieuwmarkt/lastage,performance,piano,theater
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:An eerie cabaret for clown, choir, clarinet, p
	iano and percussion by Sabine Pendry <p>In this concert (on May 6 and 7), 
	a strange creature invites you to make light of her troubles. She weeps in
	 tune, craving laughter, applause, and most of all, pity. Her off-kilter e
	nsemble echoes her lament...</p><p>Songcycle for a Sad Clown is an experim
	ental music-theatre piece by singer/composer Sabine Pendry (premiering at 
	O. Festival in 2027). This May 6th and 7th, she performs an alternative co
	ncert version of the staged piece, diving into the sonic world of the clow
	nesque together with musicians Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir, Domen Cizej, Nadia
	 Bakhshi, and George Demetriou.</p><p>Composition, lyrics, concept, direct
	ion, performance: <strong>Sabine Pendry</strong><br>Arranging, co-composit
	ion: <strong>George Demetriou</strong><br>Clarinet, vocals: <strong>Hildur
	 Elísa Jónsdóttir</strong><br>Piano, vocals: <strong>Nadia Bakhshi</strong
	><br>Percussion, vocals: <strong>Domen Cizej</strong><br>Dramaturgy: <stro
	ng>Ari Teperberg</strong><br>Clown costume: <strong>Raphael René Jacobs an
	d Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir</strong><br>Photography: <strong>Roman Ermolaev<
	/strong></p><p>Artist bio:<br><strong>Sabine Pendry</strong> is an America
	n-Dutch singer, performer, and music-theatremaker based in Amsterdam. Grad
	uating from Sjaron Minailo’s Re:Master Opera program at the Sandberg Insti
	tute in 2024, she currently creates independent stage work and moves fluid
	ly between composing, writing and direction.<br>Sabine’s pieces are sound-
	and-language driven, relying on the intimacy of the sung voice, heightened
	 poetic texts and stark stage images to create peculiar and immersive worl
	ds. She explores themes of grief, obsession, faith, death, and the absurd,
	 and the ways these phenomena are mediated, performed and codified in cont
	emporary culture. Musically she is inspired by folkloric melodies, opera, 
	and extended vocal techniques.</p>
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