related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 2
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s); Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr-m cl-b perc pf 2synth tape
La dernière pavane : for mixed choir and soundtracks, 1989 / Ton Bruynèl
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir; Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
GK7 soundtracks
Midas' tomb : for voice, string quartet and tape, 1986-89 / Wim Laman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s); Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
medium 2vl vla vc tape
composition
Speculum inversum : for soprano, ensemble and live electronics, 2000 / Martijn Padding
Other authors:
Padding, Martijn
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): In the beginning of the 14th century a nun, Sybillia from Verlais, allowed herself to be bricked up within the walls of the convent, where she remained enclosed in an eight-square metre space for the next 38 years, in order to affirm of her love for God. While confined there she suffered terrifying hallucinations, brought on by her anorexic condition, causing her to enter the state of permanent ecstacy. Having started out as 'a bride of Christ', she began increasingly to pontificate about Satan, up to the point where the diabolic filth was so great that (following a trial) she was condemned to be burned at the stake. The text in Speculum inversum is based on the pronouncements she made during that trial. - MARTIJN PADDING