Part performance, part installation, Face to Face contemplates bodies, desire and intimacy. Renaissance madrigals and new music by Joanna Ward forms the core of a rich and emotionally-charged musical encounter.
Underpinning this musical body is a spatialised soundscape; a ghostly tissue of movement, breath, and fragmented utterings. Projections confront the audience with an arresting, even voyeuristic visual experience that together with sound and music captures the aura of our closest encounters.
Featuring music by: Joanna Ward (Britten Pears Arts co-commission) and Renaissance composers Casulana, Gesualdo, Meldert, Cipriano de Rore, Rossi and Giaches de Wert
Creative Team
Elspeth Piggott soprano
Rory McCleery alto & artistic director
David de Winter tenor
Will Wright tenor
Jon Stainsby bass
Helen Atkinson sound designer
Ell Potter actor
Liv Penny film
Tom Taylor visuals
James Hardie creative producer
Created on a Snape Residency. Find out more about the process here.
Co-commissioned by Britten Pears Arts. The Marian Consort is grateful for the support of the Marchus Trust and the Maria Björnson Memorial Fund.