Music · Staged concert · 2024

Songs of Wars I Have Seen

My roleSet and Lighting Design

A staged concert by Turning Point Ensemble: the Canadian premiere of Heiner Goebbels’ Songs of Wars I Have Seen (2002/2007), on texts by Gertrude Stein, with Peter Hatch’s Reflections on the Atomic Bomb.

  • November 30 and December 1, 2024
  • SFU Woodward’s
  • Vancouver, Canada
Turning Point Ensemble: Songs of Wars I Have Seen ↗
The ensemble playing in a warm pool of light, the conductor at the centre, seen from the balcony

Images

The stage in deep blue with a violet backdrop, table lamps glowing among the players and rugs
The stage washed in red, a speaker in a spotlight at the right, lamps among the music stands
The whole ensemble on rugs under a blue backdrop, lamps and pianos at the sides

Process

The empty stage before the concert: Persian rugs, table lamps, chairs and music stands
The set lit and empty: rugs and table lamps among the instruments, a blue backdrop behind