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A distinctive concert experience
Staged, immersive, and interdisciplinary performance formats.
APOLLO & MARSYAS
A musical retelling of the myth of Marsyas and Apollo, combining early music with contemporary composition and, optionally, spoken word and live illustration.
Format
Concert · optional narrator · optional live illustration
Instrumentation
Marsyas Baroque
Recorder / Baroque bassoon · Baroque violin · Baroque cello · Harpsichord (optional organ)
Featuring
Optional: narrator · live illustrator
Duration
60 minutes (without interval)
or 90 minutes (with interval)
Music by
Castello · Vivaldi · Telemann · Reichenauer · J. S. Bach · Alessandra Bellino (*1970) and others
BACH IN THE DARK
An immersive concert in complete darkness, allowing Johann Sebastian Bach's music to unfold free from visual distraction and inviting audiences to experience listening from a new perspective.
Format
Concert in Darkness · Concert
Instrumentation
Marsyas Baroque
Recorders · Baroque violin · Baroque cello / Violoncello piccolo · Harpsichord
Duration
45 minutes (without interval) – Bach in the Dark
or 90 minutes (with interval) – Bach in Between Light and Dark (first half in daylight, second half in darkness)
Music by
J. S. Bach
Additional information
Sleep masks can be provided by the ensemble if desired.
SOR JUANA'S DREAM
An interdisciplinary music theatre production inspired by the poet and philosopher Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695), combining theatre, light art, Baroque music, and contemporary composition.
Format
Music theatre
Instrumentation
Marsyas Baroque
Recorder · Baroque violin · Baroque cello · Harpsichord
Featuring
Actor · light artist
Optional: stage director · set and costume design
Duration
60 minutes (without interval)
Music by
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz · Couperin · Francesca Caccini · Dorothée Hahne (*1966) and others
LA VIDA ES SUEÑO
A staged concert exploring dreams, reality, and the search for freedom, inspired by Pedro Calderón de la Barca's literary masterpiece Life Is a Dream. Combining early music, contemporary and flamenco dance, and theatrical space.
Format
Staged concert
Instrumentation
Marsyas Baroque
Recorder · Baroque violin · Baroque cello · Harpsichord
Featuring
Martí Corbera – dance & choreography
Optional: lute / Baroque guitar
Duration
60 minutes (without interval)
Music by
Scarlatti · Falconieri · López · Boccherini · Mealli and others
DIÁLOGOS
A poetry concert in which German and Spanish musical traditions meet historical and contemporary poetry in an intercultural dialogue.
Format
Concert · Poetry Concert
Instrumentation
Marsyas Baroque
Recorder · Baroque violin · Baroque cello · Harpsichord
Featuring
Poetry (German and/or Spanish)
Nora Zapf and/or Juan Carlos Mestre
Duration
60 minutes (without interval)
or 90 minutes (with interval)
Music by
Selections from the Llibre Vermell · Selma y Salaverde · Ortiz · Cabezón · Pla and others