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Opposite Pieces : for violin and bayan accordion / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl acc (bayan)
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir; Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
GK4 tape
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir; Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
GK4 soundtracks
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Speaking voice and instrument(s); Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
recit vc electronics
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