related works
The Miracle in Shargan (Čudo u Šarganu) : Version for oboe and viola / Isidora Zebeljan
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
ob vla
Pep It Up : Fantasy for soprano, percussion, piano and string quintet / Isidora Žebeljan
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr perc pf 2vn vla vc
Musique Surrealistique : for soprano, clarinet and piano / music and text by Hanna Kulenty Majoor
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr cl pf
Niets dan liefde : for mezzo soprano, baritone and ensemble / br Kris Oelbrandt ocso
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr-m bar cl(cl-picc) perc 3vn vla vc
composition
Leonce and Lena (Leons i Lena) : Suite for oboe (doubling ocarina), percussion, piano, soprano, viola and contrabass / Isidora Žebeljan; lyrics by Georg Büchner
Other authors:
Buchner, Georg
(Text writer/Librettist)
Zebeljan, Isidora
(Composer)
Description:
Just as Georg Büchner reached for the structure of the old fairy tale in his drama Leonce and Lena, so Isidora Žebeljan looks to the sounds of Renaissance courts and squares in her suite in four movements (1998/2011), created from music she wrote for the Belgrade production of Büchner’s piece. The vocal and instrumental line-up, consisting of a soprano (mostly without lyrics), oboe, viola, double bass, percussion and piano (deputizing for a virginal or a zither), reminds one of a troupe of minstrels.
There are also evocations of the forms of the forlana (Ouverture) and the slow menuet (The King). Yet, as well as this homage to the past, we can sense an unrestrained spirit coming through, as a response of the rhythmical wildness of today to that of a long time ago (Travelling). The last movement returns to the echo of former times in a duet for soprano and oboe (My Tired Footsteps).
Borislav Čičovački