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Isidora Žebeljan (Belgrade, 1967-2020) was the most outstanding and internationally acclaimed Serbian composer. She drew international attention with her opera Zora D. which was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation from ...
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Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Pianokwartet (piano, viool, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
vn vla vc pf
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en instrument(en); Elektronica en zangstem(men) met of zonder instrument(en)
Bezetting:
sopr-m cl-b perc pf 2synth tape
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
sopr fl sax-a pf
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
sopr-m/alt fl(pic fl-a) g acc vl vc
compositie
Leonce and Lena (Leons i Lena) : Suite for oboe (doubling ocarina), percussion, piano, soprano, viola and contrabass / Isidora Žebeljan; lyrics by Georg Büchner
Overige auteurs:
Buchner, Georg
(tekstdichter/librettist)
Toelichting:
Just as Georg Büchner reached for the structure of the old fairy tale in his drama Leonce and Lena, so Isidora Žebeljan looks to the sounds of Renaissance courts and squares in her suite in four movements (1998/2011), created from music she wrote for the Belgrade production of Büchner’s piece. The vocal and instrumental line-up, consisting of a soprano (mostly without lyrics), oboe, viola, double bass, percussion and piano (deputizing for a virginal or a zither), reminds one of a troupe of minstrels.
There are also evocations of the forms of the forlana (Ouverture) and the slow menuet (The King). Yet, as well as this homage to the past, we can sense an unrestrained spirit coming through, as a response of the rhythmical wildness of today to that of a long time ago (Travelling). The last movement returns to the echo of former times in a duet for soprano and oboe (My Tired Footsteps).
Borislav Čičovački