componist
Vanessa Lann was born on April 6, 1968 in New York.
Education: Vanessa Lann has been a composer and pianist since the age of five. She studied composition with Ruth Schonthal ...
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24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Viool
Bezetting:
vl
Y después : for voice and ensemble, 1983 / text: Federico García Lorca, Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
voice fl 3sax h 3trp 3trb pf cb
La porte : for baritone and ensemble, 1999 / text: Guillaume Apollinaire, Micha Hamel
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
bar 1121 1000 2perc 2vl vla vc cb
Bamboleamos no mundo / Jan van de Putte
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
sopr alt 2fl ob 2cl fg 2h trp trb tb 3perc cymb acc pf hp 2vl vla vc db
compositie
Stap verder : for female voice, tapdancer and big band / Vanessa Lann; text by Emma Lazarus
Overige auteurs:
Lazarus, Emma
(tekstdichter/librettist)
Toelichting:
The African hocket technique of ‘one player, one note’ was the
inspiration and structural basis for Stap verder. In the ensemble music of many African communities each instrument produces only one tone. Each musician is responsible for voicing that tone, and only that tone, using the unique sound and character of his or her instrument. This reflects how the role of the individual in these societies is perceived. The Ngumi proverb ‘Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu’ means that an individual ‘exists’ only through contact with other persons in the community. Similarly, in this type of music (just as in Stap verder) a melody becomes discernible only when each player grows aware of the contribution of every other player. However simple, each person’s musical gesture is significant; without the participation of each member of the group, no music can happen.
Emma Lazarus’ immortal text (engraved on the Statue of Liberty in NY) – “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” – also mirrors the belief that a society cannot successfully exist without recognizing the voice of even the smallest individual.
Vanessa Lann (October 2016)