The vast, poetic, hallucinatory Vedas – the writings of early Hindu civilisation – were, and are, kept alive by human memories and repetition, where no earthly traces survive of the culture they sprang from. On what weft are woven the waters is a piece about memory, ritual, sacrifice, and the constant remaking of the oldest things through the magical symbolism of sound.
World Premiere
19 November 2017
Bates Mill, hcmf//
Commissioned by hcmf//
Produced by hcmf//
Co-produced by Mahogany Opera Group
Commissioned by hcmf// with funds from the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust
Benefactors Roz Brown and Colin Rose
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