Ciné-Concert | «La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc»

26.04.2023 20:00,

Grand Auditorium

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Orlando Consort
Matthew Venner contreténor
Mark Dobell, Angus Smith ténor
Donald Greig baryton
Jonathan Brown basse

Film: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)
Carl Theodor Dreyer: réalisation, scénario
Joseph Delteil: scénario
Musique de l'époque de Jeanne d'Arc

The Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer created a milestone of cinematic history with La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, shot in France in 1928. Originally perceived as a tragedy, the fact that the film, which was conceived as a «talkie», had to be shot as an «old-fashioned» silent film due to lack of money turned out to be a blessing in disguise: several film scores were composed over the years, or the work was accompanied by improvised music. The five musicians of the British Orlando Consort have chosen a totally different approach, underlaying Dreyer’s images with 16th-century vocal music by composers such as Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, Estienne Grossin and Johannes Le Grant.

Coproduction Philharmonie et Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg