[purgatorio] IN VISIONE

After their kaleidoscopic HELL (2006), Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten continue their journey through Dante’s La Divina Commedia with a [purgatorio] diptych. [purgatorio] IN VISIONE embodies the strength of fragility. Greco and Scholten return to the root of their artistic collaboration, to the visionary strength and obsession of a single human body. A powerful army of 7 x 3 strings and 7 x 1 brass instruments grinds against Greco’s body. This contrast creates a powerful tension between musical impulses and the body’s reactions to them. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, arranged by French composer Franck Krawczyk, accompanies the soloist on his via dolorosa. [purgatorio] IN VISIONE encompasses the pilgrimage of a striving body both at a standstill and in onwards movement.

Music from - Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion according to Franck Krawczyk Performed by – different orchestras: Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen, a.o. Production – ICKamsterdam - Emio Greco | PC Coproduction - Holland Festival (Amsterdam, NL); Théâtre de la Ville (Paris, F); Automne en Normandie (Rouen, F); Maison de la Culture d’Amiens (Amiens, F)

As a companion to the two purgatorio pieces, [purgatorio] IN VISIONE and [purgatorio] POPOPERA, Emio Greco | PC also released a ‘purgatorio’ magazine; 7: risorgimento for purgatorio. Click here for more info.