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

The hunting gun : for 1 or 3 singers and small ensemble, 2000 / text from the novel 'The hunting gun' by Yasushi Inoue, Calliope Tsoupaki

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s); Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr/3sopr cl(bh) pf vl(vla) vc

Ode : 9 stukken in willekeurige volgorde, voor fluit, basklarinet, contratenor en bariton / Karel Goeyvaerts

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s)
Scoring: fl cl-b ten-c bar

Mirabel : scènes imaginaires dans un village abandonné, pour grande flûte (aussi flûte basse ad libitum) et douze voix, 1980 / Jo van den Booren

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s); Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring: 3sopr 3alt 3ten 3bas fl(fl-b ad lib.)

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