“Here, I didn’t have to do anything! The light is already so extraordinary, especially the way it changes throughout the day,” added Wilson.Ĭomposer Richard ‘Dickie’ Landry (b.1938) has been a companion of Bob Wilson since the effervescent years of New York with Robert Rauschenberg, Philip Glass, and Trisha Brown. It took some time to figure out how to work in such a place, because of the reverberation time and the way you perceive sounds,” said the director. “It’s very different from staging for the Paris Opera, as an example. In Gloria, an experience running six times a day and lasting twenty-five minutes, Wilson creates a dialogue between music and words and the light passing through the windows of the upper chapel, an exceptional witness to the art of stained glass in the 13th Century. The Sainte-Chapelle, built during the 13th century at Saint-Louis’ request, is a place involving a number of challenges. When the Centre des Monuments Nationaux (CMN) gave Bob Wilson a ‘carte blanche’, no surprise if, instinctively, his choice fell on this location. The impression remained in me for many years.” Wilson said: “Discovering how beautiful this piece is has been an overwhelming experience. Then others will come to visit the monument and have the chance to discover it on this occasion, that’s what’s extraordinary.” “Some visitors will come to hear Bob Wilson. It gives a new intensity to this visit experience which is already very strong,” agreed Cécile Rives, administrator of the Sainte-Chapelle. “It invites us to look at this monument, these windows, in a different way. We felt that his perception of space, his mastery of sound and light could bring a lot to a monument.” “Bob was one of the artists I wanted to invite, to mark the 50 years of his presence in Paris. “We have a determined policy of inviting contemporary artists because heritage and creation must work together,” said Philippe Bélaval, President of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux. It is to celebrate half a century of success in France, since Le Regard du Sourd in Nancy (1971) and the first Autumn Festival in Paris (1972), that the president of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, Philippe Bélaval, invited ‘Bob’ Wilson back, ‘a magician of light and sound’ (according to the invitation) who renewed, in his own polished and hieratic way, the art of dramatic and lyrical stagecraft. He felt “the same strong emotion” when he returned to the royal building to finalise the preparation of ‘Gloria’ a 360-degree sound installation which is performed every Saturday and Sunday from October 8 to December 31, 2022. Hailing from Waco, Texas, Robert Wilson was 17 years old when, during his first trip to Europe, he discovered the Sainte-Chapelle, a jewel of Gothic art radiating on the whole Île de la Cité, in the heart of Paris. and If there every is a problem it’s usually resolved in under 12 hours either by email or by a remote session.Ĭome on Steinberg customer support get your act together.World-renowned director Robert Wilson, known for his avant-garde theatre works, has created an immersive sound installation entitled ‘Gloria’ at the famed Sainte-Chapelle church in the heart of Paris, which utilises 15 Amadeus loudspeakers. East West, Spitfire, Avid Sibelius, Amadeus, Kontakt, Toontrack etc. Sorry to be a grumpy old man but all the other software I run installs flawlessly and works perfectly, plus everything I work with (which has to be because of how I work) is the most recent and up to date versions. These flaky issues have convinced me not to change platforms from Sibelius to Dorico, I’m a professional arranger and composer who relies on powering up and everything to complying I’ve resisted defecting to another platform and been a loyal Steinberg user since Pro 16 in the mid 80’s. I was a little disappointed with the lack of support from Steinberg, as far as the support team were concerned I was left high and dry, to eventually receive an email after over 6 weeks saying “Unfortunately with vacation time the response has been delayed” in my book is poor. Yes I managed to work round it and did eventually get Cubase 12 working, unfortunately it was a few months ago so I’m unable to remember how I managed to do it, sorry.
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