Tales and Mutability (sneak preview)

For this first performance, we present the first part of my music theater piece Tales and Mutability: Prologue, Scene 1, and Intermezzo.

The piece is a music theatre work for three performers—a singer (The Seer), an actor (The Pirate Princess), and a dancer (The Trickster)—and six musicians. Each character has their own artistic language: voice, text, or movement.

In this excerpt, the audience is introduced to the three characters and the world they inhabit. At first, they exist separately, each within their own discipline. The Seer sings the future, the Pirate Princess collects stories, and the Trickster moves between worlds. A central conflict emerges when the Pirate Princess steals the Seer’s voice, setting the story in motion.

The performance combines live music, voice, movement, and cassette tapes, which play an important role both musically and visually. The intermezzo begins the transformation of the characters, as boundaries between their disciplines start to shift.

We will start with ca. 25-30 minutes of music/performance, followed by a Q&A in which we talk more about the project and the thoughts behind it.

-Repertoire by Wilma Pistorius:
Prologue (tape and six instruments)
Visions (mezzo soprano, piano, bass clarinet)
Flirtations (alto flute, viola, mandolin, actor)
Contradictions (contrabass, percussion, dancer)
Intermezzo (tape)

Antje Lohse – singer
Xolani Mdluli – dancer
Lucia Zemene – actor
Heleen Hulst – viola and mandolin
Eline van Esch – alto flute
Niels Meliefste – percussion
Dario Calderone – contrabass
Gerard Bouwhuis – piano
Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer – bass coarlinet