related works
Dead as Disco : for orchestra / Giel Vleggaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob cl cl-b fg cfg 4h 2trp 2trb trb-b tb 3perc pf hp 2vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr fl cl pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr-m 3vc
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
voice 2vl vla vc
composition
Post mortem : for voice and ensemble, 2005 / Giel Vleggaar
Other authors:
Vleggaar, Giel
(Text writer/Librettist)
Vleggaar, Giel
(Composer)
Contains:
Description:
Program note (English): Post mortem was inspired by the death of a close family member. The piece for vocalist features Giel Vleggaar not only as a composer - he is the librettist as well. This series of five songs draws out harrowing hospital scenes, a wild car ride to meet with a death come too soon, a funeral, and ends in an house which tries to hide its own emptiness with everyday objects. Based on true events, the composer brings us a stylised personal story about a surreal month with a fatal ending. - TERESA HRON