Vampyr (1932) Metrocelli + Martin de Ruiter

Surrealist film with a hypnotic score for cellos and bandoneon. Anyone who has previously seen the expressionist Nosferatu will discover a completely different approach to the vampire genre here. In the 1932 film Vampyr, surrealism is the dominant theme. Director Dreyer was inspired by the ghost stories of the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. The four cellists of Metrocelli and bandoneonist Martin de Ruiter capture the ominous atmosphere of Dreyer's images in a hypnotic score.

Vampyr (1932) Metrocelli + Martin de Ruiter

Location

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Piet Heinkade 1

1019 BR Amsterdam

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Beauty in a disturbing dream

A young man with an interest in the occult arrives in the village of Courtempierre, where sinister ghost visions soon appear to him. The film, shot on location with ingenious visual effects, seems to float between the world of the living and that of the dead. The fact that Dreyer abandoned the linear narrative form in the process reinforces the feeling of being trapped in a disturbing dream.

With English subtitles

Echoes of Nothing

Monthly fringe programme in collaboration with the Conservatory of Amsterdam

From 19:30 to 19:50, prior to the concert in the Main Hall, the Haizea Trio will play works for flute, oboe and clarinet in the Entrance Hall. The mini-concerts reflect on concerts from the Main Hall programme.

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