Que mon bien aimé entre dans son jardin / Således at min elskede træder ind i sin have
audio-visual performance
This show is a journey through a musical and visual landscape on the theme of human or spiritual love, as it is often expressed in poetry or song. Through a series of tableaux sung and accompanied on the cello with electronics, and drawn on stage, the spectator is accompanied in the discovery of fine and varied facets of the declensions of love: physical, sublimated, spiritual, affective, romantic… A unique, subtle and delicate experience of one of humanity’s great mysteries, which concerns us all, whatever our age.
The music is made of original songs newly composed. The lyrics are taken from poems of the Muslim spiritual master Rumi and from verses of the Song of Songs, a spiritual and amorous poetic book from the Bible. These texts contain many images and metaphors, and especially the strong connection with nature and pastoral life have been the anchor of inspiration. They are still relevant today, and can encourage us not only to develop our affective relationship with others or with a deity, but also to rediscover the fusional relationship that can exist between ourselves and nature.
The texts are sung in Danish, French and English, drawing on the singular musicality of these languages to develop a fine, delicate, multilingual and multicultural lyricism. Each text is accompanied by visuals suggesting the fusion of love and its variations with nature and the elements. They offer a timeless poetic experience of one of the great ideals of the human adventure: love and its many variations throughout life.
