Writer Connie Palmen and Amsterdam Sinfonietta invite reflection upon the number 7 and the process of metamorphosis in an interweaving of narratives and chamber music.
The number 7 is a recurring phenomenon in Connie Palmen’s work. Palmen lays bare contradictions taken from her entire oeuvre and shares her musings with the audience. Connie Palmen: ‘I weave my text around seven characters and the theme of metamorphosis. The friend turns into a betrayer, the angel into a devil, the woman becomes a poet, the fan ends up a murderer, love is transformed into hate, admiration into humiliation.’ Amsterdam Sinfonietta illustrates Palmen’s words with Richard Strauss’s compelling Metamorphosen in a septet version and a selection from Bach’s 15 Three-Part Inventions.