The Stag Hunt - a short film by John La Bouchardière
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Based on Janequin’s La Chasse (1537). Starring I Fagiolini.
Clément Janequin's extraordinary Renaissance soundscape.
A proud king wants to kill a stag before his game is up.
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About
A modern satire on aristocracy, extinction and the environment, drawn from an extraordinary sixteenth century musical curiosity about a king killing for sport. British vocal ensemble I Fagiolini sings Janequin’s La chasse (1537) - complete with seven-part a cappella sound effects - and plays a royal family determined to reign supreme.
Synopsis
The King sets out at night with horses and tracker dogs to find a stag to kill. He discovers droppings and proudly presents them to the hunting party. They launch the chase: at first their prey evades capture but it gradually tires and goes lame. As the hounds corner the limping stag, the riders close in for the kill. The King insists on his right to slay the beast and delivers deadly blows as the royal party takes refreshments, blind to the desolation revealed by the light of day.
Credits
Writer / Director : John La Bouchardière
Producer / DOP / Editor : Greg Browning
Executive producer / Music director : Robert Hollingworth
King: Charles Gibbs, bass
Princess: Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano
Duke: Nicholas Hurndall Smith, tenor
Perot, the huntmaster: Robert Hollingworth, baritone
Queen: Anna Crookes, soprano
Countess: Rebecca Lea, soprano
Earl: Greg Skidmore, baritone
Butlers: Kieran Cooper, Simon Trist
Props: Rosie Rickman
Costume: Ksenia Vaschenko
Hair & make-up: Amy Whyhard & Emma Williams
Camera assistant / Production stills: Matt Brodie
3D Visual effects: Chris Hawkes, Hi-Sim
Games graphics: Paul Smith / Silicon19
Audio producer: Adrian Hunter
Sound engineer: Mark Knight
Management: Libby Percival, Percius
Special thanks:
I Fagiolini Charitable Trust, Midlands Early Music Forum & Camilla Kurti (1952-2018)
La chasse (1537) by Clément Janequin
A Polyphonic Films production
Filmed at Camberwell Film Studios, London
Recorded at Kore Studios, London
Copyright 2020 I Fagiolini
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Holy cow. How has anyone who loves Early Music NOT watched and enjoyed this film. Just hilarious, awesome, delightful.
Thanks for your comment, Karl! Do tell your friends...
Quite astonishingly brilliant. Brilliantly astonishing. Altogether. Stumbled across this
Hugely pleasurable. Many many thanks!
THIS IS SO AMAZING!!! THANK YOU Faggiolinis! we love you passionately!
Tally-ho!! Excellent
Glossary: Gnof (woof), plif plof (clippety clop), tronc (honk). Just saying.
Quelle prouesse musicale ! Tellement drôle de surcroît!
How eccentric! How I love it!
Wonderful, absolutely love it, so clever and so funny!
Thank you 😊🎶🎼👏🏻
So skillfull - a really complex acappella piece. Don't know how they keep the piece going with different contrapuntal melodies.
Wonderful - the best way to hunt!
OK, upon watching a second time, of course I noticed some cool things I didn't think about so much the first time. For example, is the set, as revealed in the last shot, the stage for Waiting for Godot, or what? You've got a dying tree and everything. OK, maybe not exactly. But that's what I thought of.
I will say that no one ever has to perform this piece ever again. You have done it. Or at least you have set the standard. Just excellent. It makes me think, hmmm, what other pieces could be dramatized thusly? I know there are some card game pieces (like the Croce piece just released). I wish the English madrigal composers had written madrigal comedies that could be acted out like this.
Well spotted!
X Box controllers; I was not expecting that. Great fun!
Brilliant! Almost as much as the gormless expression on Robert's face for the publicity photo.
I should add that I mean this in the nicest possible way. It was artistically gormless; Charlie Chaplin would have a giggle.
So much fun! Loved it! Bravo!
Braviii
Just phenomenal!! Merci!!🌺😊
Oooooh. That's smashing !🗣🎶👍
Loved this, what a fantastic film!
Bravi! 💐 😁
fantastic!👏🏼👏🏼
Wonderful... THE END ITS THE BEST
A rattling good show, and I particularly liked your PacMan. Thanks for releasing this 👏👏👏
That was great!
Ah, si tous les jeux videos pouvaient avoir la même qualité musicale que celui-ci!!!
Félicitation pour cette transposition contemporaine de cette oeuvre de Clément Janequin et pour la métaphore pleine d’humour (noir) qui trouve toute sa justification dans notre actualité désastreuse.
Quant à l’exécution par I Fagiolini, elle est, comme d’habitude, parfaite en tous points.
I Fagiolini et John La Bouchardière avaient déjà réalisé une vidéo magnifique sur une oeuvre de mon père, Jean Françaix, « l’Ode à la Gastronomie » (czcams.com/video/0Xtx-HJ5tjg/video.html), et si j’y fait allusion c’est qu’il me semble qu’il y a une véritable filiation à travers les siècles avec celle de Clément Janequin.
Brilliant...loved it. More please!
Brilliant!
Props to my mates Kieran and Simon :D
Woww. Love it!!!
seketika stressku hilang :) thank you, merci :)
Clip clop 🐴
Brilliantly bizarre....
LOLLLL
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