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Membra Jesu Nostri: The Illustrated Man

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dc.contributor.authorTregear, Peter
dc.coverage.spatialSt Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:25:10Z
dc.date.created9/10/2012en_AU
dc.date.issued2012-10-09
dc.date.updated2024-03-03T07:17:35Z
dc.description.abstractA curated multi-media presentation that opened the Melbourne Festival in 2012 at St Paul's Catherdral, Melbourne.
dc.format.extent60 min, 18 Performers.
dc.format.mediumMulti-media performance
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/73111
dc.publisherABC Classic FM
dc.rightsResearch Background Much great art has been created for the service of organized religion, but in age ever more skeptical of religious dogma and unfamiliar with its history, core precepts, or iconography, the presentation of such art increasingly presents an opportunity, if not a requirement, for contextualization and/or recontextualisation. Research Contribution This multi-media creative project used the combination of image and live music performance to explore contemporary resonances of Buxtehude's cantata cycle Membra Jesu Nostri--a historical text that explores Christian religious belief and its relationship to the concept of love. The visual imagery sought to illuminate all aspects of love that the cantatas address, from the Love-Thy-Neighbour variety to the starkly erotic. The photographs were taken in St. Marien Lubeck (the church were Buxtehude worked as an organist), and were juxtaposed against images drawn from the Balkan (depicting Roma people), Berlin and elsewhere. Research Significance The performances (4 in all) in St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne formed the opening event of the Melbourne International Festival in 2012, and were both well attended, and well-reviewed. The Age noted that ‘these Membra shine beacon-like in yet another bleakly populated landscape for serious music.’ They were also recorded by ABC Classic FM for delayed broadcast.
dc.titleMembra Jesu Nostri: The Illustrated Man
dc.typeCreative work
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationMelbourne Australia
local.contributor.affiliationTregear, Peter, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidTregear, Peter, u5267582
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor190407 - Music Performance
local.identifier.absfor190409 - Musicology and Ethnomusicology
local.identifier.absseo950101 - Music
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB3559
local.type.statusPublished Version

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