composer
Peter Kerkelov is a composer possessing ascetic sincerity and profound straightforwardness His works very often cross over the limits of mere sonic games and aim to the fields of philosophy, ...
related works
Horó/Xopo : for amplified chamber ensemble / Peter Kerkelov
Genre:
Electronical music
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met elektronica
Scoring:
cl-b g-e perc keyb vc db
Deux chansons : pour choeur de femmes et orchestre à cordes ou piano / Herman Strategier
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Female choir and orchestra; Female choir and piano
Scoring:
VK3 str / VK3 pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal Ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s); Vocal Ensemble (2-12) and orchestra; Women and instrument(s); Female choir and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr alt / VK2 fl hp 2vl vla vc / 1000 0000 hp str(vl vla vc)
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Female choir and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr ten bar bas VK4 2222 1110 str
composition
Time Études : for solo voice, two female choirs and orchestra / Peter Kerkelov
Description:
"Time Etudes" does not attempt to musically deal with the subject of time as a deep philosophical question – infinity, stillness, immensity. Instead it uses the idea of “human” time – measurable, cyclical, finite... But human in time is far beyond the numbers he creates. It is about observation, childhood memories, rituals – all kinds of vital acts, that need time to unfold and thus we to unfold through them. And that merging of needless measure and foolish emotion is what gives time a true paradoxical beauty. The (close to) equally long studies of this composition are like six identically sized canvases, in which same spaces of density and emptiness are rearranged in different ways. It is a trial of a hopeless plea to understand what to do with “all this time”, to find the connection. But may be at the end of all this Hamlet awaits and retorts: “The time is out of joint”.