gerelateerde werken

Telegraphic : for ensemble and live electronics / Yannis Kyriakides

Genre: Multimedia
Subgenre: Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting: fl cl-b, trb keyb vc db tape

Alianora : spel van het huwelijk van Reynalt van Nassau - hertog van Gelre en Alianora van Engeland, in drie handelingen, op. 57 / gecomponeerd door Anthon van der Horst, gedicht door P.C. Boutens

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Gemengd koor en instrumenten; Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting: recit alt-m/sopr-m bar GK4 fl ob cl fg (g ad lib.) 2vl vla vc cb / recit alt-m/sopr-m bar GK4 1111 0000 (g ad lib.) str

Bij die mijlpaal (eeufees 1938) : voor gemengd koor en blaasinstrumenten (piano ad libitum) / Israel Olman

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Gemengd koor en instrumenten

Transparence : for mixed choir and brass instruments, version for trumpet, 2 horns, 2 trombones and tuba, 1986 / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Gemengd koor en instrumenten
Bezetting: 3sopr 3sopr-m 3alt 3ten 3bar 3bas h 2trp 2trb tb

compositie

Ein Schemen (A Recomposition of Ein Deutsches Requiem) : for harp, electronics and choir / Yannis Kyriakides

Auteur(s):
Brahms, Johannes (Op een thema van)
Kyriakides, Yannis (Componist)
Toelichting:
This composition is a reworking of Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms. The seven movements, which flow seemlessly from one another, are each based on the corresponding movement from the original Brahms Requiem. The music focuses on a small number of elements from the original material and stretches it out into a landscape. Time is suspended and the listener can navigate in the space, moving through traces of Brahms. The music of the harp which frames the choir parts, is an encoding of the original texts from the Requiem. It creates a perspective on the static flow of the choir and electronic parts which changes gradually through the piece.
The title of this recomposition is a quote from a line in part III: ' Sie gehen daher wie ein Schemen.' 'Ein Schemen' is an old German word for shadow or apparition, probably derived from the Latin word 'Schema'. I find it an apt word to use in this context because it reflects the nature of this piece. It is both about the connection of the living to the dead, and at the same time, it says something about the relation of this piece to the original work of Brahms. It is composed in its shadow and it is permeated by his notes as ghostly presences.
Yannis Kyriakides