{"id":855,"date":"2017-11-02T14:16:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T13:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2017-11-03T21:31:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T20:31:12","slug":"8-songs-a-mad-king","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/8-songs-a-mad-king\/","title":{"rendered":"8 songs for a mad king"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"8-songs\" data-id=\"13\" id=\"SR7_13_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.58\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_13_1-21\" data-key=\"21\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t<image_lists style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/mariusholth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/MadKing_bakgr.jpg\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9tYXJpdXNob2x0aC5jb20vd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMTYvMTEvTWFkS2luZ19iYWtnci5qcGc=\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/mariusholth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/MadKing_lag1.png\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9tYXJpdXNob2x0aC5jb20vd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMTYvMTEvTWFkS2luZ19sYWcxLnBuZw==\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/image_lists>\n\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\twindow.SR7 ??={};SR7.PMH ??={}; SR7.PMH[\"SR7_13_1\"] = {cn:100,state:false,fn: function() { if (window._tpt!==undefined && window._tpt.prepareModuleHeight !== undefined) {  _tpt.prepareModuleHeight({id:\"SR7_13_1\",type:'standard',shdw:'0',gh:[420,420,358,272,168],gw:[1200,1200,1024,778,480],vpt:['-200px'],size:{fullWidth:false, fullHeight:false},mh:'0',onh:0,onw:0,bg:{color:'{\"orig\":\"transparent\",\"type\":\"solid\",\"string\":\"transparent\"}'},plType:'0',plColor:'#FFFFFF'});   SR7.PMH[\"SR7_13_1\"].state=true;} else if(SR7.PMH[\"SR7_13_1\"].cn-->0)\tsetTimeout( SR7.PMH[\"SR7_13_1\"].fn,19);}};SR7.PMH[\"SR7_13_1\" ].fn();\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>King Georg III had the nerve disease Porphyria. This meant that he had frequent seizures where reality&#8217;s perception was distorted.<\/p>\n<p>In the contemporary opera &#8220;8 songs for a mad king&#8221; Peter Maxwell Davies depicts a mind that is breaking cracking.<\/p>\n<p>That is music that takes you beyond the limits of what&#8217;s ugly and what\u2019s nice.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#2a1000;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-flex\"><h2>Marius sings experimental opera by Peter Maxwell Davies<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-2\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#2a1000;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-flex\"><h2>It was very demanding to study this role, says Marius.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 But this material is exciting, both because it challenges our usual perception of music, and because it says something about what happens to a human being when the usual relationships go away.<\/p>\n<p><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The audience is taken on a journey into the world of madness. between 5 octaves of screams, knots, grits, distortions and chords where the singer makes many notes at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the lyrics in this fascinating piece of music are taken from King Georg III&#8217;s diary.<\/p>\n<p>There are not so many who know that it was the singer and songwriter Roy Hart who developed the libretto and the extreme use of voice in these 8 songs.<\/p>\n<p>His tune in the voice of 5\u00bd octave makes this to be considered as some of the most daring a singer can embark on.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Marius has made a performance of this material together with the pianist Torhild Fimreite. Here you will hear his voice over many octaves in distorted and warped version.<\/p>\n<p>The show was set up at the Oslo Opera Festival in 2008 and 2009 and was played at NRK &#8220;In the middle of the music&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7pW0a-dN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions\/895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariusholth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}