Ensemble Storstrøm: What may be, may be... maybe
Family performance with music.
Programme
Per Nørgård (b. 1932): Text, music and comics from Per Nørgård's youth project TECNI (1944-48).
Original text and music: Per and Bent Nørgård – music arr. by Jakob Westh
Original drawings: Per Nørgård
Idea, adaptation and staging: Jacob Schokking and Gert Sørensen
Bring the family and let yourself be carried away on a fantastic journey in this marvellous musical performance for children and their adults. Here, music, images and scenography unfold in the story of how the elephant got its trunk. Eight musicians and a narrator are on stage.
After the performance, you can participate in a creative drawing workshop completely free of charge - perhaps draw your own version of the story.
About the performance
The story of how the elephant got its long trunk was originally written by Rudyard Kipling. But in the 1940s, two children created their own performance of the story. They were the two brothers Bent and Per Nørgaard. They put on musical performances at home for family and neighbors – and when Per Nørgaard grew up, he became a world-famous composer.
The two brothers drew 470 pictures on a long "film roll", wrote all the lines down in notebooks and composed the music themselves. They made tickets and posters for film screenings in their living room. Every single day they were immersed in the huge project. They were completely absorbed.
In the performance in The Black Diamond, Ensemble Storstrøm retells the two brothers' performance, here staged and adapted by Jacob Schokking and Gert Sørensen.
Creative workshop
After the concert, you can participate in a creative workshop and colour the two brothers' pictures of the elephant and the other animals that are part of the performance. The workshop takes place just outside the concert hall and lasts until 1 p.m.
Practical information
For children +5 years and their adults.
The concert lasts approximately 35 minutes. There is no intermission.
It is free to participate in the creative workshop after the concert. Food can be purchased at The Black Diamond's café. There is limited space to enjoy packed food at selected locations in the library. In nice weather, the Library Garden or the harbour quay are ideal places for packed lunches.
Participants
Ensemble Storstrøm:
Mette Franck, harp and narrator
Svend Melbye, flute
Frederik Frisk von Würden, clarinet
Gunnar Eckhoff, bassoon
Elias Holm, piano
Stéphane Tran Ngoc, violin
Piotr Zelazny, viola
Tobias Lautrup, cello
