A stunning video

Unable to assemble more than 5 people in autumn 2020, some 30 instrumentalists took it in turns to record the final movement "La danse sacrale" from Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, multiplying so as to be able to perform the work with the original line-up.
With its complex, tribal rhythms, its indelible mark of modernity, and the challenge of multiplying the number of musicians to support its particularly large orchestral ensemble, Le Sacre du Printemps was a natural choice for artistic and musical director Victorien Vanoosten. With a genuine desire to create a multi-disciplinary performance, ESN took on the challenge of performing this score with thirty or so isolated musicians, while multiplying them, even though it requires four times as many musicians.
For 5 days in November, the musicians took it in turns to visit the Case à Chocs in Neuchâtel to record themselves 1, 2, 3 or even 5 times in a row, under the instructions (and direction) of the musical director and sound engineer, accompanied by an interactive scenography designed by the Neuchâtel collective Supermafia.
Designed especially for the occasion, this screen-like scenic device reacts according to the instrumentalists, creating a different luminous dynamic for each sound played. A mosaic fresco of 91 musicians, representing the classical layout of an orchestra during a concert, was then virtually constructed, deconstructed and disturbed, giving rise to a timeless clip blending age-old orchestral heritage with contemporary, minimalist graphic art.
This video has been broadcast on ESN's YouTube channel since the first day of spring, Saturday March 20, 2021. ESN and the collective hope to be able to disseminate the project in the form of a "face-to-face" art installation as soon as the situation allows.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/rQ5oVVjRBP4