Oriol Cruixent
Zeichen im Sand
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 2 0 2 1, perc(3), hp, str
Duration: 11'
Solos:
tenor
Instrumentation details:
flute (2 players)
oboe (2 players)
clarinet in Bb (2 players)
bassoon (2 players)
horn in F (2 players)
trombone (2 players)
tuba
percussion (3 players)
harp
violin I (16 players)
violin II (14 players)
viola (12 players)
violoncello (10 players)
double bass (8 players)
Zeichen im Sand
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Oriol Cruixent
Zeichen im Sand
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Orchestration: For Tenor and Symphonic Orchestra after "Ballade I" by Georg Trakl
Type: Klavierauszug
Oriol Cruixent
Zeichen im Sand
Available digitally
Orchestration: For Tenor and Symphonic Orchestra after "Ballade I" by Georg Trakl
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
Zeichen im Sand is a work for tenor solo and symphonic orchestra composed by Oriol Cruixent after the poem Ballade I by the Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl (1887-1914). Conceptually, Zeichen im Sand is an essentially theatrical piece in which the orchestra creates a psychologically breathtaking universe of sound that constantly accompanies the scene and the soloist, embodied in the character of the Fool:
Ballad I
A fool wrote three signs in sand,
A pale maid stood there before him.
Loudly sang, o sang the sea.
She held a cup in her hand,
Which gleamed to the brim,
Like blood so red and heavy.
Not a word was spoken - the sun vanished,
Then the fool took from her hand
The cup and drank it empty.
Then extinguished his light in her hand,
The wind blew away three signs on the sand -
Loudly sang, o sang the sea.
Zeichen im Sand was composed in only ten days in April 2007. The work was unanimously awarded first prize at the Dimitris Mitropoulos International Composition Competition 2007 and premiered on 4 November 2007 at the Megaro Mousikis Hall in Athens, Greece, by Yannis Christopoulos (tenor) and the Orhistra ton Hromaton conducted by Miltos Logiadis.
What is necessary to perform this work?
INSTRUMENTATION
SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA
2 Flutes
2 Oboes (basics in multiphonics technique are required)
2 Clarinets in B-flat (basics in multiphonics technique are required)
2 Bassoons
2 Horns in F
2 Trombones
1 Tuba
Percussion (3 Players):
1 water jar (+ metal recipient)
1 Guiro (should sound like writing with a pencil on a paper)
1 Gran Cassa
1 big Cymbal
1 Tam-tam
1 mechanical metronome (placed just a bit tilt to get non regular beats)
2 big Gongs in G# and in D
1 Vibraphone
1 Harp
Strings (max. 16-14-12-10-8)
VOICE SOLO
Tenor (dramatic)
Transposed score
Duration aprox. 11 min.