related works
Metselwerk : (Brickwork), for solo-percussion and orchestra, 1979, (rev. 1987) / Will Eisma
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Percussion and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2210 hp str perc-solo
Frag' es : für hohe Stimme und 10 Akkordeons, 1983 / Robert Nasveld
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
high 10acc
Stay O Sweet : Version for soprano, oboe and piano / Elena Langer; Lyrics John Donne
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zang ob pf
Three Songs : for soprano and 3 instruments / Bram Van Camp; based on poems by Paul Van Ostaijen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr cl vn pf
composition
Le cheval mort : mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, piano, percussion: marimba + tamtam, 2 synthesizers, 4 channel tape / text: Aloysius Bertrand, Will Eisma
Other authors:
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