related works
Raas en de basketbal : Versie voor verteller en kamerorkest / Bram Kortekaas; tekst Jibbe Willems
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Speaking voice and orchestra
Scoring:
spreekstem 2fl/picc 2ob 2cl 2fg/cfg 2h 2tpt trb [erc str
Sinfonia Urbana : for symphony orchestra / Alla Zagaykevych
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Sense : for orchestra and the audience / Petra Strahovnik
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb 3perc hp pf acc str
Hymne : for harmony orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 3ob 2fg 4cl sax-s sax-a sax-t sax-b 4h 3trp 3trb bar 3tb 5perc cb
composition
L'Élue : Prelude pour orchestre / Bram Kortekaas
Other authors:
Kortekaas, Bram
(Composer)
Description:
L'Élue (The Chosen One) is written as a companion piece to Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring). L'Élue is a prelude not just in the musical sense. Its story precedes the actions the ballet Le Sacre du Printemps.
Stravinsky’s ballet focusses on the collective actions of a pagan tribe. In L'Élue the attention is shifted to the individual within this tribe. The composition explores the feelings of a young woman, who is afraid of becoming the Chosen One for this year’s sacrifice.
Stravinsky’s concept of Day and Night for the first and second part of Le Sacre du Printemps (as described in The Rite of Spring: sketches 1911-1913, page xxi) are mirrored in L'Élue.
The composition starts with an impression of the night (La Nuit). At dawn, the first signs of Spring appear (À l'Aube du Printemps). This is noticed by the young woman, presented by the Alto Flute. The realization that the tribe’s yearly Spring sacrifice approaches fills her with dread. In a premonition, she sees herself as that year’s The Chosen One (La Prémonition de L’Élue). The premonition dissolves, after which Le Sacre du Printemps is performed attacca.