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The Infernal Machine
Movement 2 of Phantasmata
for orchestra
Orchester
Ausgabe: Aufführungsmaterial
Produktdetails
Beschreibung
The Infernal Machine was composed for the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra's European tour performances of 1981 and was completed in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 21 of that year. Dedicated to my friend, Leslie Bassett, it was first performed at the Evian Festival (France) on May 9, 1981 by the above-named orchestra under the direction of Gustav Meier. Since that time it has been programmed by numerous orchestras, including the Berlin, Stockholm, New York, Buffalo, and Rochester Philharmonics, the Minnesota, Cleveland, and Louisville Orchestras, and the Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Houston, Cincinnati, National, and Milwaukee Symphonies.
The work takes its title from the eponymous play by Jean Cocteau, though that drama's retelling of the Oedipus myth had no influence on the piece. Rather it was my intention to compose a brief orchestral showpiece inspired by the vision of a great self-sufficient machine eternally in motion for no particular purpose. But while this machine is not specifically satanic, it is more than a little sinister. The score is a perpetuum mobile wherein the monster sometimes whirs along in mercurially unconcerned fashion, while at others it sputters or throws off slightly hellish sparks, occasionally grinding as it changes gears.
At the suggestion of my friend Joseph Schwantner, The Infernal Machine now also functions as the center movement of an orchestral triptych. Commissioned by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and first performed on October 24, 1986, Phantasmata surrounds The Infernal Machine with The Evestrum of Juan de la Cruz in the Sagrada Familia, 3 A.M. and Bump. Both The Infernal Machine and Bump may still be performed separately.
Christopher Rouse
Orchesterbesetzung
3(3pic).3.ecl.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-5perc(I. glsp, clav, 4tom-t, Chinese cym; II. xylo, tmb, 2bng, wdbl, 2 metal plates, rute, sandpaper blocks; III. crot [higher octave], b.d, cong, 2bng, wdbl, tam-t; IV. ratchet, 2timb, slapstick, wdbl, tri, field drum, quica, marac; V. vibraslap, tenor drum, s.d, cast, sus cym, wdbl, marac, hammer, sizzle cym)- cel.hp-str
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Titel:
The Infernal Machine
Movement 2 of Phantasmata
for orchestra
Ausgabe:
Aufführungsmaterial
Verlag/Label:
Schott Music
Kompositionsjahr:
1981
Spieldauer:
5 ′
Uraufführung:
9. Mai 1981 (F)
Evian Festival
Musikalische Leitung: Gustav Meier · Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Evian Festival
Musikalische Leitung: Gustav Meier · Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Technische Details
Bestellnummer:
LSHM 50383
Seiten:
48
Lieferrechte:
Vertrieb für USA: EAMDLLC
Aufführungen
The Infernal Machine
Musikalische Leitung: Christopher Lichtenstein
Orchester: Staatsorchester Braunschweig
3. Februar 2020 |
Wolfsburg (Deutschland) , Kunstmuseum
20:00
The Infernal Machine
Musikalische Leitung: Vladimir Kiradjiev
Orchester: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
7. April 2019 |
Sofia (Bulgarien) , Grand Hall Bulgaria
19:00
The Infernal Machine
Musikalische Leitung: Leonard Slatkin
Orchester: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
6. April 2019 |
Hong Kong (China) , Cultural Centre Concert Hall
19:15
The Infernal Machine
Musikalische Leitung: Leonard Slatkin
Orchester: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
5. April 2019 |
Hong Kong (China) , Cultural Centre Concert Hall
19:15
The Infernal Machine
Musikalische Leitung: Arthur Fagen
Orchester: Indiana University Symphony Orchestra
27. März 2019 |
Bloomington,IN (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika) , Musical Arts Center, Indiana University
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