The Raven

Monodrama for mezzo-soprano and 12 players

based on "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

mezzo-soprano et 12 musiciens

Edition: Matériel d'exécution

Demande de location

Détails du produit

Description

When I read The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, it reminded me of the Japanese Noh play. A view of the world in the Noh is not anthropocentric. Some of the main characters in the Noh are animals and plants, and some are unearthly spirits. Poe describes the process of the collapse of the modern rational world, as a consequence of an invasion of the world by a weird animal ‘raven’ which lives in the other world. I considered this poem as a story of Noh and expressed it in the form of monodrama with mezzo-soprano and ensemble. Toshio Hosokawa

Orchestral Cast

afl(pic.fl.bfl).bcl(cl).tsax(asax)-tpt.tbn-perc(vib, 3tri, cym.ant, tam-t, 4bng, b.d, 4Jap.wind bells[Furin], 4rins on timp, whip)-pno-str(1.1.1.1.1)

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Titre:

The Raven

Monodrama for mezzo-soprano and 12 players

based on "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Langue:

Anglais

Edition:

Matériel d'exécution

Maison d'édition:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2011 - 2012

Durée:

45 ′

Première:

17 mars 2012 · Bruxelles (B)
La Raffinerie
Ars Musica 2012
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano · Musikalische Leitung: Toshio Hosokawa · United Instruments of Lucilin

(concert)

Travaux commandés :

Commissioned by the United Instruments of Lucilin (Luxembourg)