related works
Gadget : for winds and double-bass, 1972-'79 / Will Eisma
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2231 sax-a 2000 cb
...in memory of Ingmar Bergman : for voice, piano, organ and violin / Maxim Shalygin
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
voc vln org pf
Duister : voor 4 stemmig gemengd koor en klanksporen, 1982 / Huub Kerstens
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir; Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
GK4 tape
Who takes care of the children? : for soprano, violin and piano / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr pf vl
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