The Suleikas and the Mystery of the Sensitive String
How does
WHAT DOES FALLING IN LOVE SOUND LIKE? At The Suleikas and the Mystery of the Sensitive String everything goes a little differently than you expect. Emmy wants to play alone, but then Pepijn and Maarten sneak on stage and together they play the Suleika. Cellist Pepijn turns out to be a secret magician and suddenly the balls fly around their ears. And when the violin and cello sound in love with each other, pianist Maarten gets jealous. And why does he have his hand in the bandage? Is that the singing saw's fault?
A surprising concert - directed by Jochem Stavenuiter (mime theater group Bambie) - full of comical scenes, painful situations and unexpected magic tricks with music from Mozart to Piazzolla, from Chaplin to Ravel.
On the stage
Maarten den Hengst piano
Emmy Storms violin
Pepijn Meeuws cello
Trio Suleika was founded in 2002 by Pepijn Meeuws and Maurice Lammerts van Bueren. One of the leading piano trios in the Netherlands, the ensemble has won the Concertgebouw's Vriendenkrans and the Kersjes Prize, among others. Not coincidentally, Trio Suleika chooses passionate repertoire full of opposites, with classical works, new compositions and surprising adaptations. The ensemble took its name from Goethe's work, in which the character "Suleika" symbolizes love, full of both happiness and pain. In 2011 Trio Suleika and pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren created this Oorkaan production, which was played for four seasons in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. For the revival this season, cellist Pepijn Meeuws and violinist Emmy Storms will play with pianist Maarten den Hengst.
Behind the scenes
Jochem Stavenuiter Direction
Jochem Stavenuiter (1973) is artistic director of Mimetheatergroep Bambie, which he founded in 1995 together with Paul van der Laan. He also works regularly as an actor, director and choreographer for various theater makers and groups, including the Rotheater, the Amsterdam Bostheater and Orkater. Jochem also made at Oorkaan with the Ebonit Saxophone Quartet The string quartet of Mr. Sax. www.bambie.org
Atty Kinga costumes
Udo Akemann and Isabel Cordeiro props
Desirée van Gelderen lighting design
Marijn van der Jagt dramaturgy
The music
Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Andante moderato from Piano Trio 4. 'Dumky' in e minor op. 90
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Alborada del Gracioso / arr. M. Lammerts van Bueren
Felix Mendelssohn (1816 – 1847)
Andante con moto tranquillo from Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor op. 49
Arvo Pärt (* 1935)
Spiegel im Spiegel
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Pantoum from Piano Trio
Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977)
Smile from the film Modern Times / arr. Klaus Ogerman
Pepijn Meeuws (1974 Cellist Trio Suleika)
Walking Bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Das Butterbrot / arr. Emmy Storms and Pepijn Meeuws
Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)
Interlude from Sonata for Violin and Piano op. 119
Pepijn Meeuws (1974 Cellist Trio Suleika)
Six Hands On Cello
Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
Libertango / arr. Maurice Lammerts van Bueren
for home
Make your own sensitive strings
Take a wooden or plastic box, such as a fresh food container, and remove the lid. Stretch (plastic) rubber bands around this, for example thin and thick rubber bands. Try stretching one rubber band tighter around the box than the other. Now pluck the "strings" yourself. How do they sound? Do they all sound the same? Or does one sound nicer than the other? Do they strike a sensitive chord with you? Now you have created your own stringed instrument. Have fun playing the strings!
See HERE an example
Color the nuts in love!
Download HERE A fun coloring page from The Suleikas and the Mystery of the Sensitive String.
What do you see? What string instruments do you recognize? Who are in love with each other? And who would be jealous?
Also, write some music or lyrics of your own on the stave. Do you already know who you are going to give it to? Have fun coloring!
MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY
The Suleikas and the Mystery of the Sensitive String is made possible in part by the VSB Fund.
Upcoming concerts
9
May
2:45 p.m.,
Maaiveld Festival, Apeldoorn
9
May
5 p.m,
Maaiveld Festival, Apeldoorn
15
May
10:00 am,
Showcase Classical Next
Colosseum, Berlin (Germany)
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