gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
fl(pic) cl trb perc el.g vl vc cb pf-solo
Geschreven in het teken des kruizes : voor gemengd koor en orkestr / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting:
GK fl 2ob 2fg 2h trp 2trb trb-b perc timp org str
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
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting:
GK4 3223 3330 timp perc cel hp 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