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
Farewell Songs : for countertenor, Baroque ensemble, and Chinese instruments / Edward Top
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zang suona 2erhu saxkbut perc cemb vn vc db
Le jardin : for woman's voice, alto flute, cembalo and soundtracks, 1993 / Ton Bruynèl
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
female voice fl-a cemb soundtracks
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr gt
composition
Le gibet : for baritone, instruments and live-electronic / words by 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. The live electronics in Le Gibet were consciously set to the background. But there is one moment in which the electronic sounds predominate: shortly before the end is a burst of instrumental resonance. - WILL EISMA