Crann (2020)

for three voices, oak tree, raku-fired vessel, currachán and film

36'

"It is to be remembered that all art is magical in origin -
music, sculpture, writing, painting - and by magical I mean
intended to produce definite results."

William Burroughs

 

Iomann siansach don chrann agus gach gné de is ea Tree de chuid Richard Berengarten, dán fada a tharraingíonn ar Chrann na Beatha sa Chabála, agus an t-ionad lárnach atá ag an gcrann i dtraidisiúin spioradálta ar fud an domhain.

Tá Nick Roth tar éis an leagan Gaeilge de a rinne Gabriel Rosenstock a chur in oiriúint do chór guthanna leis na hamhránaithe Caitríona O'Leary, Michelle O'Rourke agus Olesya Zdorovetska. 

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Richard Berengarten's poem Tree is a symphonic hymn to the arboreal in every register; each line of its three hundred and sixty five drawn from the tree's sacred and central place in world mythology, history and religion.

Crann (2020) is a dendro-chronographic film for three voices, oak tree (Quercus petraea), raku-fired vessel and Boyne currachán.

The work was commissioned by IMRAM Féile Litríochta Gaeilge on a setting of Gabriel Rosenstock's Irish translation of the poem, directed by Laura Hilliard, featuring performers Michelle O'Rourke, Caitríona O'Leary and Olesya Zdorovetska.