Rainer Stegmann
After the war
A musical poem (2023)
for Orchestra
Short instrumentation: 1 0 2 0 - 0 0 0 0, cel, str
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc)
bass clarinet in A
clarinet in A
celesta
violin I (8 players)
violin II (8 players)
viola (5 players)
violoncello (4 players)
double bass (2 players)
After the war
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Work introduction
Après la guerre was created under the impression of the Ukraine war and the grief of what a war leaves behind:
the shocking images shown daily of the extent of the destruction, the desperate people who have lost their loved ones and their belongings, but also the anger towards those who caused all this. Physically and mentally injured limp through the alleys, and the silence …