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Ensemble eX
Caitriona O’Leary (voice), Clara Sanabras (voice and baroque guitar), Steve Player (baroque
guitar & dance), Paulina van Laarhoven (Viola da Gamba), Francesco Turissi (percussion),
Harvey Brough (guitar), Eric Fraad (stage director), Alessio Rossati (costume design)
In Taranto a maiden screams hysterically as she is bitten by the wolf
spider and falls into a coma – musicians are summoned and play a
tarantella – rising from her trance the girl sways uncontrollably to the
wild music and soon appears cured . . .
Iberian peasants near Jaen hear the seductive chords of the folia and
are driven mad by the music and as they dance their bodies and souls
seem to be directed by evil forces . . .
Satan invades the body of boy who speaks in tongues and screams
heresies. Priests arrive and chant, as an exorcist expels the demonic
spirit . . .
Possessed is a journey into a time when the power of music could
either cure you or drive you into madness. You will not leave
untouched!
Since its founding in 2006 by singer
Caitríona O’Leary and director/producer
Eric Fraad, Ensemble eX has
established itself as one of Europe’s
most innovative and exciting
early music ensembles. Based
in Dublin, eX specialises in
unique staged concerts and
full productions that bring a
new dynamic and dimension
to the presentation of
music from the Middle Ages
through the Baroque.
Saturday, May 29, 8:30 pm
St Nicholas Collegiate Church
