Sorry, I'd missed the photo of Jenny singing in front of the deer. Shades of Joseph Beuys! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beuys
Bueys was tremendously intrigued with the power of mythical nature imagery and symbols, the dead hanging stag is up there with the most powerful mythical/metaphorical images. Indeed the forest is a deeply important metaphor in art/literature. The danger is that the forest metaphor has been trivialized into postcard/calendar imagery and is losing the power to connect more deeply into our psyches. The simple activity (sometimes not so simple) of going into the woods and measuring trees goes a long way towards reestablishing the deep connection. The measuring activity is on one level a straightforward mathematical exercise, albeit with the potential for a twisted ankle or strained neck. The time in the woods spent working through the terrain and gaining intimate knowledge of individual trees refills the well of forest connection so-to-speak. This explains in part my own desire to climb up into trees, at that point your life is supported by the tree (through the rope), the metaphorical connection to the forest becomes direct reality. In the Trout Book woods I noticed that perching awkwardly on a slippery steep slope to get that narrow opening to the top twig of a tall ash was very similar to being up in a tree. I'm all for more exploration of the art/music/poetic connection to the forest. One of our jobs is to reinvigorate that connection, some of the myths may be getting stale, I think the ENTS are on the right track towards an update :-) -Andrew [email protected] wrote: > > Yup, just what you all were waiting for... > > This is part of an email I sent to Kouta along with a picture: > > Kouta, > > Here's the only production pic I could find that is slightly woods > related. In Handel's Partenope, Rosmira is enraged by boyfriend's > infidelity and goes to the woods and kills that deer! Having that > beast in the aria was a mixed blessing; everyone loved it and it > looked cool, but I had to jump on it and climb up which made singing > really hard...This was a great production from New York City > Opera/Glimmerglass Opera. > > Handel wrote some good tree and woods tunes. Ombra mai fu (Persian > King Xerxes sings love song to tree - I wonder what > kind?),http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Jh7DF1nxY and > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Jh7DF1nxY%A0%A0and> Care Selve come > to mind. > > Hey, Hansel und Gretel must be the ultimate Forest opera, though, > right! The sound isn't good but this is so > cute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7bGzxLzuo > > (fyi, other fascinated and rapt ENTS: the characters are both played > by women. I would be Hansel - the lower voice) > > Jeanne d'Arc in Tchaikivsky's Maid of Orleans sings a tremendous aria > "Adieu Foret" (link to Jessye Norman > performance; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5hSc78uZyw) And > Sondheim's Into the Woods, while not operatic, deserves mention > > This is fun! Any other tree/forest musical references come to mind? > > Jenny > > > > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
