related works
Klein protocol : voor viool en cello / Will Eisma
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
vl vc
... kam ein Vogel ... : Version for soprano, trumpet and percussion / Bart Visman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr trp perc
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr vl/vc pf
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
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