gerelateerde werken
Allarme enigmatico : for string quartet / Bram Kortekaas
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vn vla vc
Met welbeleefde groet van de kameel / versie voor orkest, Misha Mengelberg
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
fl fl(pic) cl-b 2sax-a sax-t 2h 2trp 2trb tb timp perc el.g el.saw el.gimlet wooden-chair str
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt timp str
Two (or Three) Icons : for orchestra / Klas Torstensson
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b cl-cb 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb 2tb-cb 4perc timp synth hp 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.