«Just Call Me God» / John Malkovich

A Dictator's Final Speech

28.03.2017 20:00,

Grand Auditorium

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John Malkovich comédien (Satur Diman Cha, Head of State and General of the Armies of the United People’s Republic of Circassia, called the Dictator)
Sophie von Kessel comédienne (Caroline Thomas, attractive and successful journalist in her early forties, chief interviewer for NCC-Tv)
Martin Haselböck orgue, music director (Reverend Lee Dunklewood, field chaplain, organist)
Franz Danksagmüller Live-Electronics and Musical Sound Design
Errol Trotman comédien (Lieutenant Alexander Vronsky, called Alex)
Felix Dennhardt comédien (Vincent Schluszman, photographer, cameraman)
Josef Rabitsch comédien (Joseph Sokol, soldier)
Valentin Ledebur comédien (Neil Forrester, soldier)
Michael Sturminger director, author
Renate Martin, Andreas Donhauser costume design, production design

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata BWV 565
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre (La Walkyrie): Walkürenritt (La Chevauchée des Walkyries) (arr. E. Lemare)
Johann Sebastian Bach: «Alle Menschen müssen sterben» BWV 643
Franz Liszt: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Präludium nach J.S. Bach
Martin Haselböck: A whiter Air by Bach
Martin Haselböck: The Grand Anthem (d’après Variations on «America» de C. Ives)
Martin Haselböck: Grand Organ Macabre Harmonica (with electronics by F. Danksagmüller)
Martin Haselböck: Bigger than Life! Grand Organ Improvisation (with electronics by F. Danksagmüller)
Martin Haselböck: Psychocratic Barground Impro (with electronics by F. Danksagmüller)
Martin Haselböck: Grand Organ Cacophonia (with electronics by F. Danksagmüller)
Martin Haselböck: The Final Waltz (d'après le Prélude op. 18 de C. Franck et la Sonate N° 20 D 959 de F. Schubert, with electronics by F. Danksagmüller)

«Just Call Me God» features an extraordinary encounter between the charismatic John Malkovich and the «king of instruments». A piece of musical theatre about tyranny and excess.

Commissioned by Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
A Musikkonzept Production