“The Indigo Project,” premiered at Jeanne Lamon Hall on Thursday evening, is the latest in a string of fascinating multimedia projects created by the period-performance orchestra. Using instruments, voices, words, movement and projections, “The Indigo Project” shows off a portion of the web of ties and influences reaching from the indigo fields of India to Europe and the Americas. The Tafelmusik Orchestra itself, led by Elisa Citterio, was not always at its best on Thursday night. Sign Up NowThe real weakness in “The Indigo Project” is the narrative itself. In short, “The Indigo Project” tries to cover too much ground with too little material.

Source: thestar February 28, 2020 18:08 UTC