related works

Peripteron : for 2 soloists, vocal ensemble and recorder quartet, 2002 / Paul Frankhuijzen

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s)
Scoring: 2sopr alt ten 2bas 4rec alt-bas-solo

Stalin en de smaak van paardehaver : tenor, 3 baritons en ensemble, 2001 / Jan Bus

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s)
Scoring: ten 3bar instr

Hoffmanniana : (2003) / text: Erick Aufderheyde, Hanna Kulenty

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr alt ten 2bar fl cl perc pf vl vla cb soundtracks

Monument to a universal marriage : for soprano and alto (or tenor and baritone or soprano and baritone), clarinet and string quartet / Willem Jeths

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr/alt or ten/bar or sopr/bar cl 2vl vla vc

composition

Peripteron : for 2 soloists, vocal ensemble and recorder quartet, 2002 / Paul Frankhuijzen

Other authors:
Frankhuijzen, Paul (Composer)
Contains:
Ritus = Rite
Land van de blinde zangers = Land of the blind singers
Orakels = Oracles
Epiloog = Epilogie
Description:
Program note (English): Peripteron takes place in the temple of Esklepios at about 1000 BC. The company is lead by a priest (baritone) and the mother god EA (alto). The priest makes the singers think and preaches purification and concentration. But he is also keen on having his own-temple and for that purpose he needs people. The mother god EA predominantly sings about her son and tells what happened to him. The ensemble of vocalists, which is in the here and now, reacts to the events. Peripteron mirrors a depth structure of 'mythical' layers of emotion throughout the ages. Therefore it is a story of our day and age too, - PAUL FRANKUIJZEN