related works

Ayre of Solace : for orchestra / Giel Vleggaar

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: pic fl ob eh cl cl-b fg cfg 4h 2trp 2trb trb-b tb 3perc pf/cel cemb hp str

From the Chinese restaurant : a symphonic song cycle, for mezzo-soprano, alto saxophone, accordion and percussion, 1989 / Joep Straesser

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr-m sax-a perc acc

My down mood : for mezzo soprano, alto saxophone and piano / Erik Lotichius; text by C. Eterman

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: m-sopr sax-a pf

De ondergang van Tenochtitlán : voor bariton en 6 instrumentalisten, 1988 / Jan van Zelm

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: bar cl-b h trb perc 2vc

composition

Post mortem : for voice and ensemble, 2005 / Giel Vleggaar

Author(s):
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