who’d have thought that the snow falls
An installation with field recordings and videos from the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, traditional chants and the live performance of Berlin singers. Inspired by Morton Feldman's vocal piece Three Voices.
With singers from Bilolutzk (Lyudmyla Shulyak, Petro Chepelukha, Valentyna Derkach, Lyudmyla Horshkova, Oksana Hutnyeva, Lyudmyla Ilarionova, Tetyana Kandyba, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Yuriy Maksymenko, Anna Nevidoma, Nataliya Shepilova, Oleh Volkov, Tetyana Zaytseva), Osinove (Ol’ha Bushlya, Lyubov Molochkova, Mariya Sahradova, Zinayida Skovorodka, Kateryna Tkachenko) and Horodyschtsche (Tetyana Hrabchuk, Lyubov Kornienko, Rayisa Shuhaylo, Svitlana Konovalova)
Singers from Berlin: Ewa Brokos, Agnieszka Bułacik, Claudia Eckstein, Mina Djordjević, Katharina Fischer, Anna Jaśniak, Julia Legezynska, Joana Katarzyna Pietras
Artistic Direction, Camera, Direction – Matthias Schönijahn // Choral Direction, Choral Composition – Paulina Miu Kühling // Composition, Sound Design – Martyna Poznańska // Dramaturgy, Choreographic Collaboration – Rose Beermann // Co-Conception Composition, Field/Choir Recording Ukraine – Johannes van Bebber // Video Dramaturgy – Ljupcho Temelkovski // Lighting Design – Maika Knoblich // Costumes – Ewa Brokos // Video Editing, Video Operator – Johannes Plank // Scientific Consultation – Vlada Rusina // Production Management – Birgit Voigt // Production Management Ukraine – Valera Zherih // Graphic Design, Translation, Assistant Director – Tereza Yakovyna // Press Relations – Sarah Rosenau
WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT THAT SNOW FALLS is a cooperation with Kulturbüro Elisabeth, funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
Media Partner: Digital in Berlin