related works
Tattooed tongues / Friso Haverkamp, Martijn Padding
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal ensemble (2-12) and large ensemble
Scoring:
3soloists fl cl el.wind instr. bug trp trb perc el.g pf 2vl vla vc
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s); Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr-m recit cl-b(sax-a) pf electronics
Sine nomine : for soprano & chamber orchestra, (1973) / Enrique Raxach
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra; Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr 2222 sax-a 2220 2perc el.g hp man ham.org cemb (pf synth ad lib.) str(8.5.5.4.2.) tape
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Speaking voice; Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
recit 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