Empty Cradle / Bos Besik Fate makes a young woman a nomad, a child puts her life on a firm footing, in a storm she loses him…?A well-known old story from the Taurus Mountains in Turkey, adapted by writer Anne Vegter (Rotterdam) and singer Nurhan Uyar (Istanbul/Berlin) to create surprising contemporary music theatre. The new composition and musical instruments are a melting pot of Turkish folk songs and contemporary Western music. The piece is performed by soloists and a vocal ensemble. The performers come from different musical and cultural traditions and are a mixture of amateur and professional singers.

Credits

Compositie: Seung-Ah Oh
Script: Anne Vegter
Conductor: Romain Bischoff
Director: Cilia Hogerzeil
Decor: Robin van de Werff
Costumes: Ineke Vink
Light design/technique: Jeroen Smith

VocaalLAB-soloists:
Jennifer Claire van der Hart, soprano
Caroline Cartens, soprano
Ekaterina Levental, mezzo/alto
Gunnar Brandt Sigurdsson, countertenor
Arnout Lems, baritone

Soloists: Jet van Helbergen, soprano – Nurhan Uyar, mezzo-soprano

Instrumentalists:
Paula van Delden, flute
Marieke Grotenhuis, accordeon
Wilbert Grootenboer, percussion
Annie Tangberg, cello
Marijn van Prooijen, contrabass

Piano repetitor: Henry Kelder /Caecilia Boschman / Annette Rogers
Workshops coaching: Nurhan Uyar

16 April 2010
TRY OUT Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30
17 April 2010
PREMIERE Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30
18 April 2010
Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30
22 April 2010
Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30
24 April 2010
Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30
25 April 2010
Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30
06 May 2010
Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30
07 May 2010
Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30
08 May 2010
Energiehuis – Noordendijk 148, Dordrecht : 20:30

Datum: 15. April 2010
Komposition: Seung-Ah Oh
Produktion/Festival: Hollands Diep / VocaalLAB
Ort: Dordrecht (NL)