Oriol Cruixent
Bacchanalia
Short instrumentation: 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0, str
Duration: 10'
Solos:
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
percussion
Instrumentation details:
violin I (16 players)
violin II (14 players)
viola (12 players)
violoncello (10 players)
double bass (8 players)
Bacchanalia
Sample pages
Work introduction
Bacchanalia (lat. bacanal, i.e the feast of the wine god Bacchus, also known as Dionysus) is a divertimento concertante for String quartet, Percussion and String orchestra which evoques a night music celebration and was composed inspired by rhythms of Balkan origin, enriched through an elaborate structure of amalgams and instensifying rhythmic elements. Along Bacchanalia two manifestly different musical athmospheres are presented; a duality that does not resolve until the drums cadenza is reached, unleashing a final culminating debauchery.
Bacchanalia was comissioned 2006 by the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin and was premiered on May 10th 2007 at the Berlin Philharmonie with the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin under the baton of Markus Poschner and Claudio Estay on percussion solo.
What is necessary to perform this work?
INSTRUMENTATION
Percussion Solo:
Susp. Cymbal,
1 China opera Gong,
1 Tibetan Bell,
2 Cow-bells,
1 Wood-Block,
4 Bongos,
1 Floor Tom-tom 16”,
1 Darabouka,
Arabic jingle bells attached to a Hi-hat machine
Violin I Solo
Violin II Solo
Viola Solo
Violoncello Solo
Strings:
Violin I (min. 6, max. 16)
Violin II (min. 5, max. 14)
Viola (min. 4, max. 12)
Violoncello (min. 4, max. 10)
Contrabass (min. 2, max. 8)