DEUS UNIVERSALIS
multimedia performance
Premiered at the Flanders Festival Ghent / Listen to the Lamb! event during the Van Eyck Year 2020.
Inspired by the enigmatic and Byzantine atmosphere of the central panel ‘God Almighty enthroned’ of Jan Van Eyck’s world-famous painting “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb”,
Composer Jean Delouvroy explores the timeless and universal dimension of rituals and mysticism.
A haunting, extra-sensory experience, full of sound and music, images and dance.
Commissioned and performed by members of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.
Deus Universalis (EP) released on January 18, 2023
Available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, YouTube and other
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Also performed during the 2021 revival ‘Listen to the Lamb!’ (Kunstencentrum Vooruit Ghent Concertzaal) and the opening of ‘Antwerp Spring Festival’ 2022 (Handelsbeurs Antwerp).
Interview in Dutch:
Credits:
Jean Delouvroy (concept and musical composition)
Taichi Sakai (dance)
Stefan Van Den Eede (video)
Tom Swaak (dramaturg)
Wietse Bovri & Heleen Schepens (production)
Jan Schweiger (chorus master)
Nam Hee Kim & Herlinde Van Den Bossche (soprano)
Laura Gils & Marta Babic (alto)
Anar Baghirov & Simon Schmidt (tenor)
Jung Kun Oh & Onno Pels (bass),
Roel Vanderspikken (percussion)
Hans-Ludwig Becker (cello)
Aykut Dursen (double bass & tanbur)
Carlo Mertens (trombone)
Maarten Buyl (recording).
photo credit: Björn Comhaire