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.
Pippa’s score is the glue that binds it all, as the bridge between the past and present. She is obviously very familiar with the idioms of Renaissance music and has managed to create a distinctive soundworld that somehow fuses everything together.
David Lee
Composer & sound design: Pippa Murphy
Video Production: Arms & Legs
Cast in order of appearance:
- John Macaulay
- Eilidh Loan
- Martin Quinn
- Matthew Zajac
- Saskia Ashdown
- Kim Allan
- Cristian Ortega
- Linda Duncan McLaughlin
