{"id":103911,"date":"2024-05-02T16:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T20:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=103911"},"modified":"2024-05-03T08:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:00:01","slug":"preview-orpheus-choir-toronto-ends-season-jocelyn-hagens-notebooks-leonardo-da-vinci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/05\/02\/preview-orpheus-choir-toronto-ends-season-jocelyn-hagens-notebooks-leonardo-da-vinci\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | The Orpheus Choir Of Toronto Ends The Season With Jocelyn Hagen\u2019s The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103913\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-19.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Leonardo Da Vinci (Colourized\/Public domain); Study for the head of Leda (c. 1506-1508) by Leonardo Da Vince (From the Royal Library, Windsor\/Public domain)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-19.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-19-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-19-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-19-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Leonardo Da Vinci (Colourized\/Public domain); Study for the head of Leda (c. 1506-1508) by Leonardo Da Vince (From the Royal Library, Windsor\/Public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Orpheus Choir of Toronto is ending their 2023\/24 season with The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci by American composer Jocelyn Hagen. The unique multimedia work uses cutting edge tech to bring the centuries old thoughts and drawings of the Italian polymath to vivid life.<\/p>\n<p>Orchestras and other ensembles often play to projected video or even blockbuster movies. The MUS\u00c8IK digital syncing software, however, allows for fluid timing. The advanced technology allows the video elements to be created as the music is performed, i.e. to slow down or speed up along with the musicians themselves, an important innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci is scored for SATB choir along with electronics and orchestra, using video synchronizing technology to bring the notebooks of the inventor and artist, with their drawings and words, to vivid life.<\/p>\n<h2>Jocelyn Hagen\u2019s The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci<\/h2>\n<p>What\u2019s in the notebooks? Da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, inventor, musician, engineer and architect. The notebooks contain his drawings and also his collected thoughts in the form of notes, from about the mid-1480s. His writing often appears as what is known as 16th century mirror writing, which is read in reverse, and from right to left. It\u2019s likely that he wrote on loose sheets of paper that he kept with him for that purpose, and then later collected them into notebooks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough human ingenuity may make various inventions, it will never devise any inventions more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than Nature does; because in her inventions nothing is wanting, and nothing is superfluous.\u201d \u2014 Leonardo da Vinci<\/p>\n<p>From the premiere in Minnesota in 2019:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uov-0594oXE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>After viewing an exhibition of Da Vinci\u2019s notebooks in Minneapolis in 2016, composer Jocelyn Hagen began to develop the work she had been thinking about for years in earnest. She was fascinated by the way the notebooks documented Da Vinci\u2019s thought processes, and the way he could connect various ideas and concepts.<\/p>\n<p>The work was commissioned by a consortium of ensembles from across the United States, and since its premiere in 2019, has been performed dozens of times.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2023, the work has been available to ensembles outside the consortium of commissioning organizations. This will represent its Canadian premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Jocelyn Hagen\u2019s piece, the program will be rounded out by short works of the Italian Renaissance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find tickets, and more details about the May 11 <strong>Canadian premiere<\/strong> of The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, [<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/orpheuschoiroftoronto.ticketspice.com\/c4-the-notebooks-of-leonardo-davinci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Are you looking to promote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><u>event<\/u><\/span><\/a>? Have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/masthead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>news tip<\/u><\/a>? Need to know the best\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>events<\/u><\/a>\u00a0happening this weekend? 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