Ensemble
for ensemble and baritone
Theme
Dramolett considers tragedy as a fundamental principle of the world: a process in which opposing forces collide, destroy one another and create something new. Music becomes a means of experiencing this principle beyond concepts and language.
Instrumentation
Baritone, Piano, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, 2 Double Basses, Marimba, Synthesizer
Movements
1. Spaceship Toccata
2. Blut und Ton Einen Gott soll man schlachten, Und die andern sollen gereinigt werden (...) Mit seinem Fleisch und seinem Blut Vermische (...) den Ton. Gott und Mensch Werden so ...vereinigt sein im Ton From a Babylonian cosmogony
3. Dominus a dextris Dominus a dextris tuis, confregit in die irae suae reges The Lord at your right hand shall shatter kings on the day of his wrath. Vulgata Psalm 109
4. Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin 2795°F =1535°C=5778K 96°F=35,56°C =308,71K 32°F=0°C=273,16K (Melting point of iron Human body temperature Freezing point of water, at standard pressure)
Duration
00:21:00 Approximately
Commissioned by
Avantgarde Festival, Munich, Germany
Release
2015 Pascal Dusapin to his 60th birthday
Selected Performances
- 12.08.15, 17:00, Allerheiligen Hofkirche, Munich Germany