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Wolfgang Rihm
Rihm: Frau / Stimme, für Sopran und Orchester mit Sopran
Text von: Heiner Müller
UE19459
Release info: Aufführungsmaterial
Type: Partitur
Format: 297 x 420 mm
Pages: 40
Description
"I am the Angel of Despair. My hands share out ecstasy, daze, oblivion, the body's lust and agony. My speech is Silence, my song is Scream. Terror dwells in the shadow of my wings. My hope is the last breath. My hope is the first battle. I am the knife with which the dead opens their coffin. I am that shall be. My flight is Revolt, my heaven the abyss of tomorrow."
These words are sung by two sopranos, one standing next to the conductor, the other in front of him, behind the clarinets and cellos or at the back of the orchestra, on a dais. A diagram in the score indicates the arrangement of the instrumental groups on stage and all round the hall. The latter include five percussion players, two trumpets and two violins.
The title of Wolfgang Rihm's composition Frau / Stimme and its very orthography stem from Heiner Müller's play Der Auftrag. Erinnerung an eine Revolution ("The Commission. Memories of a Revolution").
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Release info: Aufführungsmaterial
Type: Partitur
Format: 297 x 420 mm
Pages: 40