componist
Luc Brewaeys werd geboren in 1959 te Mortsel (België). Hij studeerde compositie bij André LAPORTE in Brussel, bij Franco DONATONI in Siena (Italiê) en bij Brian FERNEYHOUGH in Darmstadt (Duitsland).
gerelateerde werken
Nobody is Perfect ! (Jonathan Harvey Sixty) : for flute, clarinet and piano / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
fl cl pf
Ouverture : pour orchestre / Étienne Nicolas Méhul
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp trb timp str
Asara : for 10 musicians / Amos Elkana
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
fl/fl-a ob/eh cl-cl-b fg perc pf vn vla vc db
Ask Dr. Frank : for alto recorder, mandolin and guitar / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
rec-a mand gtr
compositie
Jocasta : Monodrama for mezzo-soprano, ensemble and electronic sounds / Luc Brewaeys; libretto by Elisabeth Buzzard
Overige auteurs:
Buzzard, Elisabeth
(tekstdichter/librettist)
Toelichting:
"Jocasta" is a monodrama for Mezzo-Soprano, instrumental ensemble of 15 instruments and electro-acoustisc sounds on an original libretto (in English) by Elisabeth Buzzard. It's about the myth (or the story) of Oedipus, but told from the point of view of Jocasta, the mother-wive. Elisabeth Buzzard concieved the text without any interpunction, which on one hand left me every freedom of musical interpretation possible but on the other hand forced me to te make choices. As far as I'm concerned, I considered this text as an immense poem of love, and so did I work out the music. It speaks for itself that the moods change on the way, but it will be clear from the first audition that the sonorities contain certain constant elements. The main ingreditents of the electro-acoustic sounds are based upon "objets trouvés" (and are of course manipulated) and upon instrumental and vocal sources (manipulated as well). The vocal writing won't give enormeous surprises to listeners who are acquainted with my output. This work was a joint commission from the Music Section of the "Palais des Beaux-Arts" (BOZAR) in Brussels and from the Ictus ensemble. The score is dedicated to my wife Birgit. The First Performance was given in the Kaaitheater in Brussels on December 3, 2003 by the Ictus Ensemble with Mezzo Barbara Tetenberg, conducted by Georges-Elie Octors.