Saturday 01/09/2016: shows at 7 & 10 PM

Sunday 01/10/2016: show at 7 PM

Tickets : https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/948725 

 

American Premiere / Multi-Media Concert

Dez Mona is one of Belgium’s finest indie bands whose style fuses jazz, gospel, spirituals, and drama. For the creation of Sága, they engage in a sparkling collaboration with B.O.X. (Baroque Orchestration X), along with the outstanding vocalist Gregory Frateur.

Sága is a theatrical song cycle, which deals with “homecoming” as its main theme. The title of the work refers to the well-known epic tales composed in Iceland and Greenland some time between the 12th and 14th centuries, and also to Sága: in Norse mythology she is the goddess of history and storytelling. Dez Mona tells stories about the soul and goes in search of their love for the land, a home, and the world in which they live. The songs emanate from the continuous search for ideal geographical and spiritual surroundings. By looking into the past, Dez Mona tries to explain the current state of affairs.

But more than anything, their latest work is a poetic reflection on what is happening here and now.

Composers: Gregory Frateur & Nicolas Rombouts
Vocals/Lyrics: Gregory Frateur
Double Bass/Vocals/Arrangement: Nicolas Rombouts
Accordion: Roel Van Camp
Theorbo/Arrangements/Vocals: Pieter Theuns
Harp/Vocals: Jutta Troch
Viola da gamba/Vocals: Pieter Vandeveire
Violin/Guitar/Trombone/Vocals: Tijs Delbeke

Sága was created with the support of deSingel in Antwerp, the Flemish Government, Klara festival and Opera Days Rotterdam.
Co-presented with National Sawdust