gerelateerde werken

Notenkrakers' notulen : for soprano and orchestra / Bram Kortekaas; text by Lex Bohlmeijer

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting: sopr-solo 2fl(picc) 2ob(eh) 2cl(cl-b) 2fg(cfg) 2h 2tpt trb-t trb-b timp 2perc pf/cel hp str

Sinfonia giocosa : per orchestra, (1964) / Johan Weegenhuise

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 2222 2200 timp str

Symphony of Waltzes : for symphonic orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 3fl(picc) 3ob 2cl cl-b 2fg fg-c 4h 4trp 4trb tb timp 3perc pf str

Perasma : for orchestra / Calliope Tsoupaki

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 3trb str

compositie

L'Élue : Prelude pour orchestre / Bram Kortekaas

Auteur(s):
Kortekaas, Bram (Componist)
Toelichting:
L'Élue (The Chosen One) is written as a companion piece to Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring). L'Élue is a prelude not just in the musical sense. Its story precedes the actions the ballet Le Sacre du Printemps.
Stravinsky’s ballet focusses on the collective actions of a pagan tribe. In L'Élue the attention is shifted to the individual within this tribe. The composition explores the feelings of a young woman, who is afraid of becoming the Chosen One for this year’s sacrifice.
Stravinsky’s concept of Day and Night for the first and second part of Le Sacre du Printemps (as described in The Rite of Spring: sketches 1911-1913, page xxi) are mirrored in L'Élue.
The composition starts with an impression of the night (La Nuit). At dawn, the first signs of Spring appear (À l'Aube du Printemps). This is noticed by the young woman, presented by the Alto Flute. The realization that the tribe’s yearly Spring sacrifice approaches fills her with dread. In a premonition, she sees herself as that year’s The Chosen One (La Prémonition de L’Élue). The premonition dissolves, after which Le Sacre du Printemps is performed attacca.