related works
Spijkerboor : for ensemble, 2002 / Will Eisma
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2010 2sax 1121 perc g g-b pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr 2pf
Magnificat : voor sopraan en pianotrio, 2001 / Jan Rokus van Roosendael
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr vl vc pf
Ancient Greek songs : for voice, flute, oboe, 'cello and harp / Daniël Ruyneman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
bas-bar fl ob hp vc
composition
Le cheval mort : mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, piano, percussion: marimba + tamtam, 2 synthesizers, 4 channel tape / text: Aloysius Bertrand, Will Eisma
Author(s):
Bertrand, Aloysius
(Text writer/Librettist)
Eisma, Will
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): The compositions Le Gibet and Le Cheval Mort were set to surrealistic poems by Aloysius Bertrand from his collection: Gaspard de la nuit, septième livre, Pièces détachées. The wonderful ambience derived from the poems inspired me to set some of these to music. The text of the poems expresses the dramatic environment of a battlefield and a graveyard. This lends itself easily to natural nocturnal sounds, bloodcurdling whistling and cracking noises. This is, however, something I wanted to avoid. I have tried to create an unreal atmosphere in my music. In Le Cheval Mort the electronics are prominent, especially in the second half of the work. It was written for the music festival in Witten, Germany and received its première there in 1976. - WILL EISMA