Andreas Pflüger
Das hässliche Entlein
Short instrumentation: 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 0 0, perc(2), str
Duration: 40'
Solos:
speaker
Instrumentation details:
flute
oboe
clarinet in Bb
bassoon
horn in F
trumpet in C
percussion (2 players)
violin I (6 players)
violin II (6 players)
viola (5 players)
violoncello (4 players)
double bass (2 players)
Das hässliche Entlein
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Andreas Pflüger
Das hässliche Entlein
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Orchestration: für Sprechstimme und Kammerorchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Andreas Pflüger
Sprecher (Das hässliche Entlein)
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Type: Solostimme(n)
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Work introduction
A mother duck hatches six ducks. However, the seventh egg is larger, which is why it takes longer for the grey young duckling to hatch. The straggler seems clumsy and awkward and is therefore mocked and bullied by the animals. It decides to run away. A farmer's wife locks the duckling up for a while, but shortly afterwards the duckling manages to escape. It hides in the reeds and watches the proud swans from there again and again. When winter comes over the country, the duckling has to leave its hiding place to look for food. One night it freezes in a lake. But it is lucky when a farmer sees it, frees it and takes it with him. But the duckling flees again and hardly recognises its reflection in the water: it has become an adult, proud swan, which is immediately joined by other swans.
What is necessary to perform this work?
1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet in Bb, 1 bassoon, 1 horn in F, 1 trumpet in C,
percussion (2players), 1 narrator, strings