Ensemble Seasession met Hein van der Heijden

Muziek

In Regarde Bien, Seasession takes you to Fans-Polynesia during the turbulent 1970s, a period in which ideals collide hard with the raw reality, and absurd events take place in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Tahitians honored their age -old country to the 'Motherland' for years of atomic tests, to make the world safer.

'There is no reason to worry, "said the then French authorities about the nuclear tests. The French Minister of Defense illustrated this again literally, just after the 139th atomon test, shelf sails in the radioactive lagoon of the Atol Mururoa, where he hit the water several times.

Not far from there, Jacques Brel wrote his latest album Les Marquises. The chansons from this album are among the very best from his oeuvre, such as Voir Un Amie Pleurer, La Cathédrale and Les Marquises. They are poetic paintings of the islands, moving odes to friendship, love, but also reflections on farewell and the approaching death. Actor Hein van der Heijden carries out a number of Van Brel's most beautiful songs, including the ambiguous Regarde Bien, together with the nine musicians from Seasession. Composer and Fervent Polynesia traveler Reza Namavar writes for Regarde Bien Boednew Theatrical music, in which the sounds of Tahiti - from rhythms and melodies to the typical Tahitian ukulele - come back.