related works

Needle Soup (Klin corba) : A surrealistic fairy tale for octet / Isidora Žebeljan

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl h fg 2vn vla vla vc db

Longing for the emperor : 5 songs on old Japanese texts, for soprano, flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, violoncello, double-bass, harp and percussion, (1980/81), second and extended version (1986) / Joep Straesser

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl cl h perc hp vl vla vc cb

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

Chuva de Época : voor tenor, fluit en gitaar / Kees Arntzen

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: ten fl g

composition

Pep It Up : Fantasy for soprano, percussion, piano and string quintet / Isidora Žebeljan

Other authors:
Zebeljan, Isidora (Composer)
Description:
Pep it up ‘is music which represents the state of limited consciousness belonging to a fictional humanoid being, an android. In this state, the being is left to a bout of remembrance. It is overwhelmed by chaotic experiences, without a human rhythm.’ (A comment by Isidora Žebeljan on the occasion of its first performance.) In this composition, the full force concerning the musical richness of the composer’s imagination gained its prominence for the first time. Along with the almost impressionistically airy melody of the voice and the aliquot dispersal of sounds in the string section, the striking particularity of this composition is manifested in the exceptionally balanced and mutually complementary complex rhythmical patterns of the piano and percussion, which create a surprising and thrilling culmination.
Borislav Čičovački