{"id":1696,"date":"2024-03-22T15:14:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mecanique-vivante.com\/iloop\/the-sirens-song\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T17:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:09:15","slug":"the-sirens-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mecanique-vivante.com\/en\/the-sirens-song\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sirens&#8217; Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1696\" class=\"elementor elementor-1696 elementor-193\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-655bdcb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"655bdcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd89e47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd89e47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4553d01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4553d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Sirens&#8217; Song<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18fa6ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18fa6ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thirty years ago, M\u00e9canique Vivante set out on a rich adventure &#8211; the challenge of creating harmonious music with an air raid siren. 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class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653be11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"653be11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-961c833 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"961c833\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This remarkable project combines 19<sup>th<\/sup> century invention and 21<sup>st<\/sup> century technology.<\/p>\n<p>The only one of its kind, the Siren Orchestra is made up of seven musical sirens: a piccolo, two sopranos, two altos, a tenor and a bass.<\/p>\n<p>The evolution of the orchestra has gone hand in hand with set design and the construction of <strong>staging devices<\/strong> which allow the orchestra to perform just about anywhere: ports, urban and industrial environments, on water, in UNESCO world heritage sites etc<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9canique Vivante travels the globe with its unique Siren Orchestra and staging devices: cavalcading through town with the orchestra mounted on its two locomotives; perched at the top of the mast on sea-going vessels; installed around the public in parks and gardens; suspended in concert halls &amp; theatres; and as of July 2024, floating down river and in lakes on N\u00e9nuphars.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9canique Vivante creates site- and event-specific installations with its orchestra and associated artists, its in-house composer<\/p>\n<p>and a 25-year collaboration for theatrical lighting of the site by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclairage.net\/\"><em>Pierre Wendels<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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Day-time or night-time, several performances per day. 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Lien Haegman, mezzo<br \/><b>Tubes :<\/b> Millie Dolan<br \/><b>Guitar : <\/b>Eric Lorher<br \/><b>Chainsaw : <\/b>Franz Clochard<br \/><b>Sir\u00e9nium : <\/b>Franz Clochard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee45581 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ee45581\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95abf0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95abf0a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdfba8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fdfba8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mecanique-vivante.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Carilloneuse-Waterford-Irlande\u00a9Fiachra-O-Ceilleachair-scaled-r5u62nj95sq21rp52cefxnts9kdos8t2pgse81swww.jpg\" title=\"Carilloneuse &#8211; 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