Emilia Durka, Annalouise Falk - recorder

Tommy Fields, Alma Stoye, Anna Lodone - viola da gamba

Nala Tessloff - voice, text

 

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Melancholic Renaissance music interpreted by a Broken Consort melded with a soulful voice. With its somber sound, the Unspoken Consort tells secrets from afar, the past and the present. Tenderly taking on early music, the ensemble invents a musical style all its own. 

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As an ensemble of viola da gamba, recorders and voice, the artists take the polyphonic music of the sixteenth century as their prelude. These are works of a time in which the voice and its way of interpreting human affects came strongly to the fore. 

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In the examination of the historical material, adaptations, new texts, new voices, and electronic alienations emerge, creating a contemporary perspective and thus a new form.  Borrowing from the ornamentation practice of the time, they make use of contemporary means, raise questions through performative elements, and experiment with the possibilities of audio-technical effects.  Together, the Consort strives to find a way of dealing with this music. The ensemble opens a sound space into which it invites the audience to engage.

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How can one approach this deeply moving music today?

What does it provoke?

How does one deal with emotions, with longing, connection and grief?