TOOMPEA MUSIC LOUNGE exclusive - Secular Mystery
Play night concerts
In the middle of ancient Tallinn, there is a cozy Toompea
Music Lounge that is held in one of the most beautyful halls in former noble
house. The Toompea Music Lounge unites old and new, history and brilliant
contemporary creatives – and brings some legends and ways of thinking from the
yore.
Märt-Matis Lill
Secular Mystery Play „THE
LOVERS AND THE ROGUES"
A unique stage production- secular mystery play, based on
legends from Tallinn in Toompea Music Lounge!
PERFORMERS:
Baroque ensemble CORELLI CONSORT (on different period
instruments)
Narrator:
NERO URKE (characters of legends, ghosts)
Writer: Jan Kaus.
Stage Director: Taago Tubin.
Stage Artist: Liisa Soolepp.
Light Design: Revo Koplus.
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In Tallinn, there have always been some lovers and rogueses,
often confronting prevailing convictions. Those who swim against the current
find it easy to fall out with the others who have broken in: the rogues surely
deserved the condemnation from decent citizens but some love stories also
reflect rather inflexible comprehensions on how to avoid social differences in
intimate relationships. And these principle were followed for a long time,
until recently.
In the middle of ancient Tallinn, there is a cozy Toompea
music lounge that is held in former noble house. IToompea music lounge unites old and new, history and
brilliant contemporary creatives - and brings some legends and ways of thinking
from the yore.
When opening the concert season 2011/2012, agency Corelly
Music premiered a new work „The Lovers
and the Rogues“ by Estonian contemporary composer Märt-Matis Lill. On
exclusive night concerts in May 2012 we present again this attractive
production of a secular mystery play, based on legends from Tallinn, also on
real events that have taken place in upper town or downtown in Tallinn. „The Lovers and the Rogues“ unites
history of ancient Tallinn with literature, music composition, performing and
stage art. It is a chamber work consisting of several movements – every one of
them telling one legend from the history of Tallinn. These supernatural and even
spooky stories take us through many centuries: we start our journey from legend
of the grave of pre-Christian Kalev, we continue with stories from the ages of
many authorities and conquerors, eventually we come to last century.
Baroque ensemble Corelli Consort performs the music on
different instruments which have been used in Tallinn through various times,
merging old sounds to contemporary music.
Legends used: The
Founding of Tallinn, Burying Nobleman Thuwe, The Mummy of St Nicholas' Church,
The Devil's Wedding, The Shelter for Shadowdead, The Ghost of Toompea, The
Story of Hermann and Margaret, The Man with a Pince-Nez.
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TICKETS:
presale 12 € / 8 €*
in Piletilevi and Statoil
and 15 € / 11
€* an hour before the concert beginning at the concert venue, if possible
*Discount price for tickets: retired people, pupils,
students, teachers, disabled people with escort, members of Association of Estonian
Professional Musicians
NB! For all owners of American Express credit card, -10%
discount of full ticket price at Piletilevi
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