Infinity Beads. Interview with Kaspar Putniņa, Andri Dzenīti and Nora Iksten

In “Klasika” we meet the director Kaspars Putniņa, the composer Andri Dzenīti and the author and poet Nora Ikstena to speak extra about Opening ceremony of the Riga Pageant “Bezgalības krelles”.

There are eight planets dwelling within the photo voltaic system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Every of them is a singular present from the Creator and the Universe. A thriller, shrouded in myths and legends, nonetheless little researched.

Placing the quantity eight horizontally, we get the image of infinity. The earth is a pearl in these countless beads – the one one on which man lives and exists. What message would this planet of individuals have for the remainder of our sisters and brothers in area? To scorching feminine Venus, spinning clockwise, to Saturn, god of time, to Mercury, the bastion of males, ticking within the background, to Uranus, the boundless sky, to Neptune, ruler of the waters, to Jupiter, the supply of peace, gentle and energy, to Mars, the purple spot? What phrases, within the Babel of tongues, to adorn him, what musical energy to reward him?

Eight acrostics – on the similar time direct messages and code to the planets of the photo voltaic system are designed as thanks and marvel for our life on this infinite place – the Earth. Studying the primary letters of the acrostic from prime to backside, we learn the phrase that was there in the beginning. Phrases, music – our emotional approach of rejoicing, remembering, celebrating, sending our letters written right here and now.

This system contains new works by eight Latvian writers – Jura Karlsson, Artura Maskat, Santa Ratniece, Anna Fišere, Ārik Ešenvald, Mārtiņš Viļum, Platon Buravicka and Andras Dzenīš – with poetry by Nora Ikstenas.

The Latvian Radio choir led by the conductor Kaspars Putniņš, the good percussionist Guntars Freibergs and the double bass participant Viktors Veličko will participate within the live performance. Video artist – Roberts Rubīns.

Within the dialog with the company of the studio – extra about the concept that got here from Sigvardas Kļavas: that eight composers write music for Nora Iksten’s acrostic poems, wherein every line of poetry begins with one of many letters with the given identify. planet

Kaspars Putniņš will share his ideas on the variety of music, the variations in handwriting, the cosmos and the microcosm, in addition to Platon Buravicki, who wrote for the primary time a brand new piece for the Latvian Radio Choir and Robert Rubīn’s video projections; Nora Ikstena – about discovering concepts and creating poems; Andris Dzenītis – for his composition “Neptūns”, whose strains are learn by Nora Ikstena.