Brussels Philharmonic & Viktor Orri Árnason

25.03.2023 — 20:00

Flagey, Studio 4

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Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer and director

Yair Elazar Glotman, composer and musical director

Viktor Orri Árnason, conductor

Theater of Voices, soloists

Anthony Weeden, orchestration and arrangement

Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, cinematographer

Rick Vincent Will, technical director

Stuart Bailes, lighting designer

Peter Albrechtsen, sound designer

Tilda Swinton, film narration

Else Torp, Kate Macoboy, soloist

Brussels Philharmonic, orchestra

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Klarafestival, Flagey and Brussels Philharmonic

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standard €41 - 36 - 31

Jóhann Jóhannsson’s film debut Last and First Men is based on Olaf Stapledon’s revolutionary science fiction novel. The serene voice of Tilda Swinton fast forwards two billion years in time, when humanity is on the brink of extinction. All that remains are monuments spread across a desolate landscape. Shimmering beneath the alienating images is Jóhannson’s impressive film music, performed live by the Brussels Philharmonic.

end scheduled at 21:15

Story written by Jóhann Jóhannsson & José Enrique Macián based on the novel by Olaf Stapledon.

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, the Barbican Centre and Sydney Opera House.

Film co-produced by Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk, with the support of GoneWest and the Province of West Flanders.

Jóhannsson’s beautifully written text and score, along with the stark black and gray images, earmark it as a festival and museum piece for cultured audiences

The Hollywood Reporter