related works

The Pied Piper and the Cars : Opera for soprano, bass, two choirs, wind instruments, percussion and electronics / Peter Kerkelov; Libretto by Dragomir Yossifov, based on self-titled story by Gianni Rodari

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: zang GK KK 3fl(picc) 2ob(eh) 2cl(cl-b) 2fg(cfg) 2h 2tpt 3trb tb 2perc hp pf tape

Sarabande e fandango : per chitarra, cembalo o pianoforte / Henri Zagwijn

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: g cemb/pf

Chickentalk : for panpipes, marimba, guitar and cello / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: panfl mar g vc

Pastorale II : voor blokfluit, fluit en gitaar, 1963 / Rob du Bois

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: rec fl g

composition

Attempt at Screaming : for chamber ensemble / Peter Kerkelov

Other authors:
Kerkelov, Peter (Composer)
Description:
Written for ASKO/Schoenberg Ensemble within 9x7 project.
Everyone has had at least once this strong thirst to scream. I mean these inner screams which can bring a certain level of purification but for many reasons they never become a real, actual scream. It’s like a very big massive explosion which nobody hears. The screaming for me stays as a symbol of the strong will to reach outer spaces in ourselves. However, this idealistic notion is only a utopia as the human mind is not capable of even touching universes, only imagination is. Therefor I feel that we are inescapably trapped in this inter-space continuum where time is only a memory of the real world and our longing to overcome it, no matter how strong and insane it is, is staying endlessly an attempt - an attempt at screaming – feeling – knowing – living –

Peter Kerkelov