Take a garden stroll to the sound of music at Thompson’s Point
Classical Uprising returns with a sound installation and a plea for mindfulness.
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Classical Uprising, which formed last year in a merger between the Oratorio Chorale and Portland Bach Experience, will host a series of open-air sound installations at Thompson’s Point South Garden over three weekends in April and May. The free, interactive sound experience, “Thanks in Variations,” is designed to give people a chance to engage with art and reflect on the past year.
Emily Isaacson
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The installation features professional and amateur singers from Maine and consists of 32 separately recorded voices played back through 14 speakers placed throughout the garden. Audience members will walk along a path as the music plays. “Thanks in Variations” is based on Johannes Ockeghem’s 15th-century work, “Deo gratias (Give Thanks),” updated for a modern experience, Artistic Director Emily Isaacson said in a statement, “by engaging Mindfulness Meditation and contrasting natural versus created sound, individual versus communal voices, and order versus disorder.”