Inspired by Bach : Tanja Tetzlaff
"Intet nytt under solen", Bach er og har vært inspirasjonskilde for svært mange skapende mennesker - uavhengig av kunstform og sjanger. Albert Schweitzer mente alt fører til Bach, i forståelsen at Bach var et vendepunkt som alt pekte frem mot før, og alt i ettertid pekte tilbake til.
Bachs musikk er et habitat mennesker søker mot - det er et soundtrack til alt livet fylles av.
Suites for a suffering world
Melting glaciers, desertified landscapes, flooded communities: climate change is having an alarming impact even in Europe. What are we humans doing to this wonderful planet?
Aghast at the depredation and destruction of our unique ecosystems, the renowned German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff wants to ask Nature for forgiveness with this film project.
Tanja Tetzlaff
For decades, Tanja Tetzlaff has been one of the most influential musicians of her generation, both as soloist and chamber musician. Her playing is characterised by a uniquely fine yet powerful, and nuanced sound, accompanied by her great musicality. Going beyond the presentation of classical music, incorporating other art forms and engaging with contemporary events is a particular passion of Tanja Tetzlaff.
As a Glenn Gould Bach scholarship-holder from the City of Weimar, the cellist, Tanja Tetzlaff, has worked on an ambitious film project concerning climate change. "Suites for a Suffering World" is a filmic documentary of her visits to places in which the changes to and destruction of natural environments are depressingly visible. Bach's cello suites will be combined with the cycle "Black Ice" by the composer, Thorsten Encke, who comes from Hannover. These are a musical treatment of walking on thin ice which fits the film in terms of content.
The beauty of the music stands in sharp contrast to the often-dramatic images of damaged Nature, combatting the finality of destruction.
A moving musical and visual plea for greater care and humility toward the beauty of our planet – at once ravishing and disturbing.