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Die Gespenstersonate
(Ghost Sonata)
Text by August Strindberg
Edition: Performance material
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Die Gespenstersonate
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The student Arkenholz has the gift of being able to sense apparitions, such as those of a milk- maid and the consul, both of whom he sees in front of the colonel‘s house. The old man, director Hummel, who played a dubious role in the death of Arkenholz‘s father, persuades him to take a job with him; he will also introduce him to the colonel‘s daughter. Arkenholz accepts although the dark allusions of the inhabitants of the colonel‘s house and of Johansson, Hummel‘s servant, gradually start to annoy him. In the colonel‘s house. All meet for the ‚ghosts‘ supper‘: the colonel (who actually is a fraud), his wife who has lived in a built-in cupboard for twenty years as a ‚mummy‘, the young lady (their daughter), whose father was in fact Hummel and whose former bride for her part was seduced by the colonel and now lives in his house as the old spinster Holsteinkrona. Before Hummel gets to expose the others‘ crimes, the mummy accuses him of having murdered the milkmaid whom Arkenholz saw in the street at the beginning because she knew of his deeds and that he was responsible for the consul‘s death. Hummel is brought into the builtin cupboard where the mummy usually lives and hangs himself. In the Hyacinth Room: Arkenholz is alone with the young lady. His attempts to rescue her from the house which destroys her fail. The young lady dies because she cannot bear the truth which Arkenholz confronts her with. He stays behind alone, incapable of escaping the circle of crime and punishment.
"It is no longer the toughness and brutality of Lear that determine the character of the music. While there still have been massed surfaces in Lear, Gespenstersonate has fine psychological lines: dramatic music with tremendous rhythmic difficulties, with refi ned quarter-tone intervals beyond major and minor keys. […] The vocal passages are kept very concise and mostly declamatory, powerful and important text passages are spoken. Intervals of seconds predominate in the vocal lines. Only seldom does Reimann allow arioso phrases. This tonal language is dense and concise, full of moods and atmosphere. It corresponds perfectly to the layers of consciousness of Strindberg‘s original and even surrounds it with an additional aura of mystery and eeriness." (W. Bronnenmeyer, Nürnberger Zeitung 27 September 1984)
"It is no longer the toughness and brutality of Lear that determine the character of the music. While there still have been massed surfaces in Lear, Gespenstersonate has fine psychological lines: dramatic music with tremendous rhythmic difficulties, with refi ned quarter-tone intervals beyond major and minor keys. […] The vocal passages are kept very concise and mostly declamatory, powerful and important text passages are spoken. Intervals of seconds predominate in the vocal lines. Only seldom does Reimann allow arioso phrases. This tonal language is dense and concise, full of moods and atmosphere. It corresponds perfectly to the layers of consciousness of Strindberg‘s original and even surrounds it with an additional aura of mystery and eeriness." (W. Bronnenmeyer, Nürnberger Zeitung 27 September 1984)
Orchestral Cast
1 (auch Picc. u. Altfl.) · 1 (auch Engl. Hr.) · Bassetthr. (auch Bassklar.) · 1 (auch Kfg.) - 1 · 1 · 0 · 0 - Hfe. · Klav. (Harm.) - Str. (1 · 0 · 1 · 1 · 1)
Cast
Der Alte, Direktor Hummel · Bass-Bariton - Der Student Arkenholz · hoher Tenor - Der Oberst · Charakter-Tenor - Die Mumie, Frau des Oberst · Alt - Das Fräulein, ihre Tochter · Sopran - Johansson, Diener bei Hummel · Tenor - Bengtsson, Bedienter beim Oberst · Bariton - Die dunkle Dame, Tochter des Toten · Mezzosopran - Die Köchin beim Oberst · Alt - Stumme Rollen: Das Milchmädchen - Die Portiersfrau - Der Tote, Konsul - Baron Skanskorg, der Vornehme - Fräulein Holsteinkrona, Hummels Verlobte
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Title:
Die Gespenstersonate
(Ghost Sonata)
Text by August Strindberg
translated from Swedish and arranged for music by the composer and Uwe Schendel
English translation by David Freeman
Language:
German
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1982 - 1983
Duration:
90 ′
World Premiere:
September 25, 1984 · Berlin (D)
Hebbel-Theater
Berliner Festwochen 1984
Conductor: Friedemann Layer · Ensemble Modern; Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Original staging: Heinz Lukas-Kindermann · Costumes: Dietrich Schoras · Set design: Dietrich Schoras
(scenic) (scenic performance)
Hebbel-Theater
Berliner Festwochen 1984
Conductor: Friedemann Layer · Ensemble Modern; Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Original staging: Heinz Lukas-Kindermann · Costumes: Dietrich Schoras · Set design: Dietrich Schoras
(scenic) (scenic performance)
Commissioned work :
Auftragswerk der Berliner Festspiele GmbH / Commissioned by Berliner Festspiele GmbH
Series:
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Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LS 3344-01
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