Performance of The Ensemble of the International School of Traditional Music, Lublin
Scenario and direction: Jan Bernad
Collaboration: Monika Mamińska
Cast:: Olga Kozieł, Hanna Linkowska, Magdalena Sawicka, Ewa Stankiewicz, Anastazja Bernad, Zofia Bernad
Featuring: Jan Pilch, Marek Olma
How could the first ever melody remembered and repeated by man sound?
Could it have been formed e.g. by three notes of the same scale? When trying to diversify a melody with one sound (in a lower tone) - eight variants are created.
The basis of "Three sounds" is the question of the meaning of sound and its function in archaic cultures. It's a question about the days when language was still nonexistent, about the first myths describing the beginning of the world and also the rituals which presented the subsequent versions of these myths.
The performance refers to the times when people believed in the causative power of human voice. The times when people trusted sound (first music?) to have the ability to penetrate into places where danger and the goodwill of nature came from and the ability to influence them.
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[...] Pure and sonorous archaic singing used in "Three sounds" fits the concept of searching the beginning of music and its original function. The tutti fragments, when all vocalists sing at the same time, make a powerful, bordering with trance impression.[.] Everyone who will go and see "Three sounds" can expect a unique acoustic experience with a strong emotional message and also a superior artistic value with references to the roots of music.
Do trzech dźwięków sztuka, Anna Munia, Michał Miłosz Zieliński
Gazeta w Lublinie 2.06.2008
"Three sounds"
Location: Sala Nowa, Centre for Culture, 12 Peowiaków Street