For the first time, the visual work of Leonard Cohen takes the stage in conjunction with his verses, and it does Philip Glass, a giant of contemporary musical composition in the show Book of Longing, in the Autumn Festival in Madrid.
On 27 and 28 October was held at the Teatro Albéniz, within programming Madrid Autumn Festival, the show Book of Longing (The Book of Yearning), first joint work of Leonard Cohen and Philip Glass, in the European tour which includes four more performances. surrender Both artists admired in this show, which premiered at the Luminato Festival of Canada in June and is the culmination of a mutual collaboration gestated for six years. They have been known for collaborating in the celebration of the 500 anniversary of Quebec for over 25 years.
Leonard Cohen is one of the most significant singers of our time. Sex, spirituality, depression, power ... in their emotional compositions full of metaphors and puns. With his deep voice and penetrating, has continued to dwell on the great themes of human experience.
born in Canada 72 years ago. He became known first as a poet, and after traveling through Europe in the United States recorded the first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen
. He was at the height of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez in the 70's. In the 90's he became interested in Zen philosophy , what led him to enter a Buddhist monastery, an interest in its central figure, Sasali Joshu Roshi. I wanted to learn to be comfortable with himself and others like him. It was his first secretary and cook later. It was he who gave the name of Jikan (Silent). He remained there for eight years. On his return, he created the poems and drawings that make The Book of Yearnings . Philip Glass became a milestone in the 70's, opening new musical paths based on the exploration of Eastern rhythms and is now one of the most important figures of culture.
born 70 years ago in the United States. He studied philosophy, but succumbed to the music, collaborating with Eastern artists such as Ravi Shankar. Has made great contemporary operas, including Einstein on the Beach
, movie soundtracks, as 
Kundun (Martin Scorsese) or The Truman Show 
; compositions for his own group, The Philip Glass Ensemble, and among his later works emphasizes Philip Glass: Orion 
, a collaboration with six other artists for the Olympic Games in Athens, and his Symphony No. 8 . It is Doctor Honoris Causa by three universities and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic, among other awards. Book of Longing is the union of Leonard Cohen poetry book published in 2006 with music by Philip Glass unclassifiable. The piece is a concerto for seven musicians, including electronic keyboard (one played by Glass himself), flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, cello, double bass and oboe. Four singers, soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone sing songs from lyrics from the poems, whose recorded voice reciting is also present at times. It is accompanied by projections of Cohen's drawings, mostly portraits, and provided with written statements. The result is a highly refined and elegant performance.
The poems are a motley collection that includes ballads, love poems, essays and autobiographical spiritual meditations written at the Monastery Mt Baldy and short comic pieces (named by Glass as limericks ) of five verses, where the first two rhyme with the last two.
The songs appear, one after another, the same song (same four-beat cadence, the same melodic lines repeated notes), while at the keyboard, Glass runs short, elegant melodic fragments, with complex and detailed repetitions .
Here's a video of the performance at the Festival in Groningen, although not in Castilian, it allows for an accurate idea of \u200b\u200bthe show.
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