related works

Vioolconcert : 2008 / Will Eisma

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: 2fl 2ob 2cl 2sax fg 2h trp trb tb timp mar/vibr hp str vl-solo

Benedicat : for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, flute, soprano saxophone and harp / Dick Le Mair

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: zang fl sax-s hp

Chanson d'automne : chant et flûte / [texte] (Paul Verlaine), Jan Maarten Komter

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr-m fl

On sensations of tone : for mixed choir and tape, 1995, revision 1997 / Roderik de Man

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir; Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring: GK8 tape

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