GROPIUS ENSEMBLE: Shooting an Elephant by Matan Porat

THE GROPIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS - 'SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT'
A musical Drama by MATAN DANIEL PORAT
after a short story of George Orwell (Libretto by Itay Tiran, Daniel Cohen and Matan Porat)

Recorded life at the premiere 30/08/2010, Opening night of the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival.

THE GROPIUS ENSEMBLE
Tibi Cziger - Clarinet / Bass Clarinet / Acordeon
Nadav Cohen - Basson / Contrabasoon / Acordeon
Roi Amotz - Flute / Piccolo / Acordeon
Yuval Sharipo - Trumpet / Cornetto / Shofar
Tal Ben-Rei - Trombone / Electric Guitar / Acordeon
Eran Borovich - Double Bass/ Bass Guitar
Giori Politi - Percussion
Itay Tiran - Actor / Mandoline
Daniel Cohen - Conductor / Violin

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Photos by Meirav Kadichevski and Dimi Reider

TEXT: "...In that instant, in too short a time, one would have thought, even for the bullet to get there, a mysterious, terrible change had come over the elephant. He neither stirred nor fell, but every line of his body had altered. He looked suddenly stricken, shrunken, immensely old, as though the frightful impact of the bullet had paralyzed him without knocking him down. At last, after what seemed a long time — it might have been five seconds, I dare say — he sagged flabbily to his knees."
... "He was dying, very slowly and in great agony, but in some world remote from me where not even a bullet could damage him further. I felt that I had got to put an end to that dreadful noise. It seemed dreadful to see the great beast Lying there, powerless to move and yet powerless to die, and not even to be able to finish him. I sent back for my small rifle and poured shot after shot into his heart and down his throat. They seemed to make no impression. The tortured gasps continued as steadily as the ticking of a clock."

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