La Musica Divina
About Greek Gods and divinity. Music: 'La Mer' Debussy, 'Ariadne of Naxos' Strauss, Song 'Doen Daphne' by Jacob van Eyck/ Starter.
dated 2010 until 2021
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Rusalka
2010Song to the moon, the most popular excerpt from the opera Rusalka by Antonin Dvořák. Rusalka sings her sad feelings to the moon.
Virga Jesse
2021A sculpture about hope, bloom and new life, inspired by the duet “Virga Jesse floruit, a duet for soprano and baritone from the Magnificat by J.S. Bach, usually sung at Christmas time. The first sentence means: the tree of Jesse is blooming. The window is inspired by the gothic flamboyant style of the 15th century. The hands stand for the people on earth, the blooming leaves reach out to heaven.
Apollo's Daphne I
2014Daphne is portrayed halfway through her metamorphosis into a laurel tree. Inspiration: Greek mythological story of Daphne and Apollo in the book 'The Metamorphoses' by Ovid.
La Mer
2014Dancing on a wave. Inspiration: La Mer (The Sea), three symphonic sketches for orchestra by Claude Debussy.
Au bord de l'eau
2016The title refers to a song by Gabriel Fauré: 'At the water's edge'.
Ariadne's thread
2014The myth of Ariadne and Theseus in the labyrinth. She gives him a thread so he can escape and find his way out after killing the Minotaur.