componist
Giel Vleggaar geldt als een van de belangrijke Nederlandse componisten van de jongere generatie. Na het ontvangen van de NOG Stimuleringsprijs van het Nederlands Balletorkest voor zijn orkestwerk 'Fast Lane ...
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Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
ob cl sax-a cl-bass fg
Chimères : pour six voix, 1984 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Vocaal ensemble (2-12)
Bezetting:
2ten-c ten 2bar bas
Filter or Flip : for 6 voices / Mayke Nas
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Vocaal ensemble (2-12)
Bezetting:
2sopr m-sopr ten bar bas
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Vocaal ensemble (2-12); Vrouwenkoor
Bezetting:
2sopr 2alt / VK4
compositie
Drowning : for 5 voices / text by Rhett Griffiths, Giel Vleggaar, 2006
Overige auteurs:
Griffiths, Rhett
(tekstdichter/librettist)
Bevat:
Toelichting:
Program note (English): Drowning confronts the margins of the real and the imagined - the dialogue between the inner world of the mind and what is perceived on the outside through the senses. Are we really on a cruise ship witnessing a woman throwing herself into the arms of the sea, or are we eavesdropping on the voices in the head as she tries to drown her sorrows in alcohol? This ambiguity is sharply contrasted by the certain and uncompromising withdrawal into her addict's mind, with its guilt, shame, secrecy and sorrow. And perhaps not just an addict: the verse from Matthew 18:6 - He that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, should be drowned in the depths of the sea - adds an ironic perspective to the situation: a history of abuse. Is this woman the victim, the perpetrator or both? All these uncertainties are echoed by the chorus and give the piece its haunting atmosphere. - TERESA HRON