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Der magische Tänzer
Versuch eines Ausbruchs für zwei Menschen und zwei Marionetten
Text von Nelly Sachs
2 singers, 2 dancers, 2 actors, mixed choir, orchestra and tape
Edition: Performance material
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An attempt to establish a tangible plot underlying the enigmatic poem by Nelly Sachs which Heinz Holliger selected for his first music theatre work is doomed to failure. According to the poetess, she was fired in her inspiration by the fate of the Polish dancer Vaslav Nijinsky who spent more than half his life in a state of mental derangement, creating a wealth of drawings, watercolours and paintings during this period. Nelly Sachs visited an exhibition in London including pictures by Nijinsky and was captivated by the emotional expressivity of these works of art. The poetic images created by Nelly Sachs trace the ultimately failed attempt by the dancer – who is given the biblical name of Daniel in the poem – to break out of his suffocating state of isolation and disorientation.
Holliger also describes his study of Sachs’s poetry as the attempt to break “out of the introverted abbreviated forms of the years 1961 und 1962, a liberation from dogmatic constriction into an extreme complexity of form and syntax and a shimmering and yet strictly controlled tonal world”. The four protagonists of this composition are characterised by four twelve-tone rows which develop in elaborate modulation out of a basic row presented in the prelude. Taped recordings and complex tonal layering in the large-scale forces of the orchestra with 72 players further enhance the simultaneously phantasmagorical-unreal and explosive effect of this music.
Holliger also describes his study of Sachs’s poetry as the attempt to break “out of the introverted abbreviated forms of the years 1961 und 1962, a liberation from dogmatic constriction into an extreme complexity of form and syntax and a shimmering and yet strictly controlled tonal world”. The four protagonists of this composition are characterised by four twelve-tone rows which develop in elaborate modulation out of a basic row presented in the prelude. Taped recordings and complex tonal layering in the large-scale forces of the orchestra with 72 players further enhance the simultaneously phantasmagorical-unreal and explosive effect of this music.
Orchestral Cast
Picc. · 2 (auch 2 Picc.) · 2 (1. auch Ob. d'am., 2. auch Engl. Hr.) · 2 (1. auch Es-Klar., 2. auch Bassklar.) · 2 · Kfg. - 3 · 3 · 3 · 1 - S. (Trgl. · 3 Gongs · 3 hg. Beck. · 3 Tamt. · Rührtr. · 3 Tomt. · 2 Bong. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. · 2 Mar. · Crot. · Glsp. · Röhrengl. · Vibr. · Marimba) (5 Spieler) - 2 Hfn. · Cel. · Klav. - Str. (12 · 0 · 7 · 6 · 6) - Tonband
Tonbandmusik Ensemble A: Koloratursopran - Picc. - 4 Mar. · 2 Xyl. - Git. · Cemb.
Tonbandmusik Ensemble B: Tenor - 3 Gongs · 3 hg. Beck. · 3 Tamt. · 3 Tomt. · 2 Bong. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. · 2 Mar. · 2 Tempelbl. · Glsp. · Röhrengl. · Marimba · Vibr. · Cimb. - 2 Hfn. · Klav. · Cel.
Tonbandmusik Chor: 8 S · 8 A · 8 T · 8 B
Tonbandmusik Ensemble A: Koloratursopran - Picc. - 4 Mar. · 2 Xyl. - Git. · Cemb.
Tonbandmusik Ensemble B: Tenor - 3 Gongs · 3 hg. Beck. · 3 Tamt. · 3 Tomt. · 2 Bong. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. · 2 Mar. · 2 Tempelbl. · Glsp. · Röhrengl. · Marimba · Vibr. · Cimb. - 2 Hfn. · Klav. · Cel.
Tonbandmusik Chor: 8 S · 8 A · 8 T · 8 B
Cast
Marina · Alt (Sprechrolle) - David · Bass (Sprechrolle) - Mitbewohnerin · groteske Tänzerin oder Marionette - Der magische Tänzer · klassischer Tänzer oder Marionette
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Title:
Der magische Tänzer
Versuch eines Ausbruchs für zwei Menschen und zwei Marionetten
Text von Nelly Sachs
Zwei Szenen für zwei Sänger, zwei Tänzer, zwei Schauspieler, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Tonband
Language:
German
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Ars Viva Verlag
Year of composition:
1963 - 1965
Duration:
35 ′
World Premiere:
April 26, 1970 · Basel (CH)
Stadttheater
Conductor: Hans Zender
Original staging: Erich Holliger · Costumes: Wolfgang Mai · Set design: Wolfgang Mai · Choreography: Pavel Smok
Stadttheater
Conductor: Hans Zender
Original staging: Erich Holliger · Costumes: Wolfgang Mai · Set design: Wolfgang Mai · Choreography: Pavel Smok
Technical Details
Product number:
LAVV 2300-01
Performances
Der magische Tänzer
Conductor: Hans Zender
April 26, 1970 |
Basel (Switzerland) , Stadttheater — World Premiere
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