January 30

Concert

“One day in garden of love”

Concert music for block flute in XVII and XVIII  century
(Giovanni Bassano, Jacob van Eyck, Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell,
John Eccles, Gottfried Finger, J.S. Bach)

-Susanne un jour- Instrumental variations of  renaissance madrigal Roland de Lassus – Diovanni Bassano (1558-1617) “ One day, in Garden of love, two gentlemen, longing for Suzanne’s love, approach her. This intrusion in her virtue and innocence saddened her. And she said: “If I consented, unwillingly, to give you the pleasure of my body – I’d lose my soul. If I baulk at you, you’ll make me die in shame in embarrassment. But then, I’d rather die pure and innocent than offend The Lord committing a sin”. Verses of Guilaume Gueroult (1548)

The program is inspired by madrigal Roland de Lassus (based on the story from Old Testament).

In ancient Babel, honest Suzanne is living in a luxurious home with her husband and children. One day, while Suzanne is having a bath in her garden, two rowdy gentlemen are watching her secretly. Overfilled with passion, they are trying to get her to commit adultery with them. But honest Suzanne tells them that she would rather die than commit adultery with them, thus offending The Lord. Infuriated by her denial, they accuse her in front of the judges that they have seen her in adultery with a young boy, in the garden. Upon their accusation Suzanne is sentenced to death. While she is being taken to execution, Holly Ghost shows up to Prophet Daniel and advises him to have them questioned again, but separately this time, since that is the only way to reach the truth. Prophet Daniel carries this out to the judges and he tells them even what question to ask. The question was “Under what kind of tree did you see Suzanne and her lover?” When one pester said “Nut” and the other said “Fir” they knew they were telling lies. Suzanne was set free and the pesters were sentenced and executed…

It’s true that virtue and honesty always win, isn’t it?

Participants:

Karolina Bäter (Netherlands) – block flute
Zoran Kostadinović – baroque violin
Andrej Jovanić – theorbo

The first screening of short documentary films from the archives of International festival of ethno film

Organizers: Ethnographic museum, Agency NYMBUS and Gallery Trag

About the project: Sasa Sreckovic, senior custodian

The first screening was about beliefs, tradition (old skills) and customs of Serbia

Magic circle of flowers
Author: Slobodan Simojlović, Serbia, RTS Belgrade, 2003, 21 min
Wreath, a magic circle of flowers, originally had a magical part- protection against demons. By the time, wreath gets another part in tradition, celebrations, ceremonies, funerals.

KUCINJAVA KOSULJA
(a shirt made of special kind of thread found in Serbia)
Authors: Ljubinko Milenkovic and Dragan Dimitrijevic, Serbia, Sokobanja, 2002, 20 min.
In reconstructing the old process of making this kind of shirt, a part of traditional women clothes in village Rakovica near Sokobanja, the camera records all the stages over two years’ process of making it.

LOVE, VOW
Author: Vladimir Perovic, Serbia BK Telekom, 2001, 19 min.
In west Serbia there is an old custom of burying on your own land. However, when an old peasant from village Trbosilja wants to bury his wife, all the obstacles of the world come up: neighbors, municipality, state…A determined peasant is not giving up.

International festival of ethno film is held every year in Ethnographic museum in Belgrade. It’s organized by Ethnographic museum and sub organizers are Kinoteka and RTS.
The first festival was held in 1992 in monastery Sveti otac Prohor Pcinjski. On 17 festivals so far 904 ethno films from 57 countries have been screened. The aim of the Festival is popularization of traditional cultures of the peoples of the, world despite the globalization. The second aim is affirmation of new creative and research approaches in anthropological documentaries, keeping up the pace with modern ways and development in culture.
Besides classical ethno films, other genres are also there, experimental, movies and documentary dramas.
Ethno (ethnographic and anthropological) film as a kind of documentary is based on traditional culture and also on its transformation at modern times. Ethnographic museum is in the process of getting its own film studio, i.e. Center for visual anthropology.

Art room

An evening dedicated to poetry of Yesenin and Russian romance

“In the swirl of storms, by miseries all,
And the heavy losses and a daily mourn,
To remain happy, natural and calm
Is a virtue, greatest of all”

About the poet:
Yesenin of himself: “I was born on September 21, 1895 in village Konstantinov county Rjazanska. Everything else about me is in my lines.”

On December 27, 1925 he wrote: “…nothing new to die, but to live as well is not something new”. He died that night (committed a suicide in a hotel room, hotel Angleter in Leningrad).

Majakovski to Yesenin:
“This planet of ours is not for blossoms of spring.
Needs again some fresh and joyful wings.
It’s not hard to die in this life,
Much harder is to stay alive.”

Participants:
Ensemble for spiritual, early and ethno music “Radujsja”                                    

Mirjana Marinković and Dragana P. Vučićević – vocals
Milan Tomić – guitar; Gordana Ristić –concertina
Poets of writers’ association “Poeta”

The second screening of short documentary film from the archives of International festival of ethno film

Organizers: Ethnographic museum, Agency NYMBUS and Gallery Trag

About the project: Sasa Sreckovic, senior custodian

The second screening is dedicated to beliefs in Serbia:
“Witches”, “Vampire in Stubik” and “…I, the deceased…”

International festival of ethno film is held every year in Ethnographic museum in Belgrade. It’s organized by Ethnographic museum and sub organizers are Kinoteka and RTS.
The first festival was held in 1992 in monastery Sveti otac Prohor Pcinjski. On 17 festivals so far 904 ethno films from 57 countries have been screened. The aim of the Festival is popularization of traditional cultures of the peoples of the, world despite the globalization. The second aim is affirmation of new creative and research approaches in anthropological documentaries, keeping up the pace with modern ways and development in culture.
Besides classical ethno films, other genres are also there, experimental, movies and documentary dramas.
Ethno (ethnographic and anthropological) film as a kind of documentary is based on traditional culture and also on its transformation at modern times. Ethnographic museum is in the process of getting its own film studio, i.e. Center for visual anthropology.

Ethnographic museum, Agency Nymbus and Gallery Trag are inviting you to the third screening of short documentaries from the archives of International festival of ethno film.

The topic of the evening:  EASTER

• Easter at Sefkerin, authors Svetislav Vuckovic and Ljubomir Reljic, 30 min.
• Easter in Subotica, authors Zvonimir Sudarevic and Rajko Ljubic,
• Easter resurrection, author Vladimir Perovic, 10 min.
• Easter eggs, authors Dobrivoje and Dobrila Pantelic, 7 min.

About the project: Sasa Sreckovic, senior custodian

About the Festival:
International festival of ethno film is held every year in Ethnographic museum in Belgrade. It’s organized by Ethnographic museum and sub organizers are Kinoteka and RTS.
The first festival was held in 1992 in monastery Sveti otac Prohor Pcinjski. On 17 festivals so far 904 ethno films from 57 countries have been screened. The aim of the Festival is popularization of traditional cultures of the peoples of the, world despite the globalization. The second aim is affirmation of new creative and research approaches in anthropological documentaries, keeping up the pace with modern ways and development in culture.
Besides classical ethno films, other genres are also there, experimental, movies and documentary dramas.
Ethno (ethnographic and anthropological) film as a kind of documentary is based on traditional culture and also on its transformation at modern times.
Ethnographic museum is in the process of getting its own film studio, i.e. Center for visual anthropology.

Ethnographic museum, Agency Nymbus and Gallery Trag have organized for you the fourth screening of short documentaries from the archives of International festival of ethno film.

The topic of the evening: St. George’s Day

About the project: Sasa Sreckovic, senior custodian

“An encounter with a cleric” Exhibition of icons and other paintings “Spiritual Father and Spiritual Son”

Miodrag Milovanovic, priest, iconographer (biography)
Vojislav Lukovic, academic painter (biography)

The exhibition was opened by Bishop of Sabac, Lavrentije

The film screening: “Diary of a Serbian priest”
Directed by Aleksandar Rajkovic (biography)

Verse of Miodrag Milovanovic told by Dubravka Zivkovic

The choir of Temple Sveta Trojica from Sremcica also participated

Music as an inspiration. Music as a challenge. Music as a profession.

Concert

Concert music ensemble “Nymbus” with Karolina Batter
Music of XVII and XVIII century

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