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

Two solo cantatas : Apis amata, for alto, strings and basso continuo, for alto and basso continuo, 1757 / ed. by Robert L. Tusler, Willem de Fesch

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and orchestra; Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: alt str bc ; alt bc

Memento : a dramatic scene for soprano solo and eight instruments, 1984, based on a text by an anonymous old woman / [translation: Liz Rogans], Robert Heppener

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl cl(cl-b) mar g hp man vl cb

Ghirlanda Sacra : 41 motets for voice and continuo / Various composers, assembled by Leonardo Simonetti; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: zang instr

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