gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
fl(pic) cl trb perc el.g vl vc cb pf-solo
Missa pro patria : voor sopraan- en baritonsoli, koor en orkest, 1980 / Willem Wiesehahn
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting:
sopr bar GK8 2222 2200 timp hp str
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting:
sopr GK4 pic fl(pic) fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp xyl(vibr) mar 3perc 2hp 2pf str fl(fl-a pic)-ob(eh)-cl-2h-trp-p-solo
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting:
sopr ten bas GK4 1020 3sax 0100 timp perc pf str
compositie
Ein Schemen (shortened for Anima Obscura Prologue) : for harp, mixed choir, electronics and orchestra / Yannis Kyriakides
Overige auteurs:
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