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Just an Accident?
A requiem for Anton Webern and other victims of the absurd
for soprano, narrator, combo und large orchestra
soprano, narrator, combo and large orchestra
Edition: Performance material
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Edition Contemp Art
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Description
A Cold War document, based on a text by American journalist and writer Alan Levy. Levy became an eyewitness and chronicler of the Prague Spring. In 1971, the communist regime of the then Czechoslovakia discovered the author's notes describing the situation at the time, and he and his family were expelled. In Just an Accident? Levy erects a monument to this time and his personal experiences. For the composer René Staar, the artist as a metaphor for being human was a main aspect of this work. The artist and the surprising sudden death, the randomness and absurdity of the events were for him the driving force to write this work. In the final version for large orchestra, jazz combo, soprano and speaker, the dramatic piece seeks intermediate tones between the immediate event and the aura of the personality of those artists who have been and still are victims of violence and the mills of history. As the musicologist Matthias Schmidt, who lives in Basel, puts it: "An eloquent speechlessness speaks from every line of a work whose real subject is the question mark that concludes the title of the composition." Written between 1983 and 1985, this piece seems to be more topical than ever in the light of today's events.
Recipient of the Ernst Krenek Prize of the City of Vienna 1986
Orchestral Cast
Combo: Klarinette in B (Solist); Altsaxophon in Es; Kornett in C; Schlagzeug (1 Spieler): Pauken, Glockenspiel, Vibraphon, Marimbaphon, hängendes Becken, Side-drum, Bass-drum, Chimes, Sirene; Klavier (auch Celesta); Kontrabass (Solist)
Orchester: 3 (2. auch Picc., 3. auch Altfl.) / 2, Engl.hr. / 2 (1. auch Combo), Bassklar. / 2, Kontrafag. • 4 (F) / 3 (C) / 3 / 1 • Hrf. • Pk. / Schlw. (2 Spieler): Tamtam, 3 kleine Trommeln in versch. Größen, Tambour mit Schellen, Maracas, Hängebecken, Kuhglocken, Gewehrmaschine, Triangel, große Trommel, ein Beckenpaar, Castagnetten, Holzblock, Claves, Metallpeitsche, Große hölzerne Ratsche, Donnerblech • Streicher (14/12/10/8/7)
Orchester: 3 (2. auch Picc., 3. auch Altfl.) / 2, Engl.hr. / 2 (1. auch Combo), Bassklar. / 2, Kontrafag. • 4 (F) / 3 (C) / 3 / 1 • Hrf. • Pk. / Schlw. (2 Spieler): Tamtam, 3 kleine Trommeln in versch. Größen, Tambour mit Schellen, Maracas, Hängebecken, Kuhglocken, Gewehrmaschine, Triangel, große Trommel, ein Beckenpaar, Castagnetten, Holzblock, Claves, Metallpeitsche, Große hölzerne Ratsche, Donnerblech • Streicher (14/12/10/8/7)
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Title:
Just an Accident?
A requiem for Anton Webern and other victims of the absurd
for soprano, narrator, combo und large orchestra
Text by Alan Levy
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Verlagsgruppe Hermann
Publishing year:
2022
Year of composition:
1985 (2021)
Opus:
op. 9
Duration:
25 ′
World Premiere:
1986 · New Orleans, LA (USA)
Conductor: Philippe Entremont · New Orleans Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Philippe Entremont · New Orleans Symphony Orchestra
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
LVGH 939
Performances
Just an Accident?
Conductor: Paul Freeman
Orchestra: Český národní symfonický orchestr
1998 |
Praha (Czech Republic) — National Premiere
Just an Accident?
Conductor: Manfred Honeck
Orchestra: Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
1987 |
Wien (Austria) — National Premiere
Just an Accident?
Conductor: Philippe Entremont
Orchestra: New Orleans Symphony Orchestra
1986 |
New Orleans, LA (United States of America) — World Premiere
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