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Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
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Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
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Bezetting:
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Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
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Bezetting:
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In Memoriam Solhi Al Wadi : Version for clarinet, string orchestra and tape / Zaid Jabri
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting:
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compositie
The Lost Border Dances : for double string quartet and electronics / Yannis Kyriakides
Overige auteurs:
Kyriakides, Yannis
(Componist)
Toelichting:
The title refers to the dances performed by border guards, known as Akrites, during the height of the Byzantine Empire. The transcription of these dances and their modern equivalents found in the traditions of the Pontos, through Northern Greece to the Balkans, is used in the piece as basis for the musical material. There is no reference to the folk music tradition - rather the description of the movements themselves have been translated into musical gesture, and the music re-imagined.
There are 8 dances which are encoded in the music, each quartet alternating in taking the lead, like a dance battle, or a dance-off. The transitions become increasingly longer as the piece progresses, creating a shared sonic space between the re-imagined dances, an uncontested buffer zone.
Yannis Kyriakides