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composer: Christian Jost
text writer: Friedrich Hölderlin
translator: Lindsay Chalmers-Gerbracht
Book: Christian Jost

5 gateways of a journey into the interior of angst

for mixed choir, choir soloists (3 S, 3 A) and instrumental ensemble
Texts by Friedrich Hölderlin and Christian Jost

Premiere: January 28, 2006 Berlin, Sophiensaele (D) UltraSchall 2006 · Judith Engel, Sopran; Sophie Klußmann, Sopran; Yeree Suh, Sopran; Kristiina Mäkimattila, Alt; Judith Simonis, Alt; Christine Lichtenberg, Alt · Conductor: Simon Halsey · Ensemble musikFabrik · Rundfunkchor Berlin · Staging: Gottfried Pilz · Stage design: Gottfried Pilz · Organizer: Deutschlandradio Kultur (scenic performance)
Orchestra instrumentation: Fl. (auch Altfl.) · Klar. · Trp. · Vibr. · Klav. · 4 Vc. · E-Bass
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 60' 0''
Year of composition: 2005
Edition: full score
Language: German - English
Material on hire
Delivery rights: worldwide

This is music theatre composed solely for choir, soloists and orchestra. It deals with the basic human experience of fear on various levels: angst. Where does it come from? What are the reasons for it? The choir embodies ’singing mind games’: psychodynamics. Individual thoughts emerge from the whole and fade back into it. Specially made films can be shown, extending the sphere of angst to the visual realm. A real tragedy triggers a ‘singing mind game’: an experienced mountain climber cuts the rope that ties him to his injured friend, so that he can save himself. In five epi-sodes with the speaking titles ‘Fallen’, ‘Hölderlin’, ‘Kalt’, ‘Amok’ and ‘Ab’ the piece circles around the innumerable facets of an emotion which torments victim and abuser, and cuts through to the innermost motives of our feelings.

I Fallen
II Hölderlin
III Kalt
IV Amok
V Ab

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