Olga Neuwirth (1968)

Hommage à Klaus Nomi (1998)

four songs for countertenor and small ensemble, re-orchestrated and arranged


arrangement

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1998
    • Duration: 16 mn
    • Publisher: Ricordi, nº Sy. 3394
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Hoffmann, Tate, Holländer et Arlen

Detailed formation
  • soloist: 1 solo countertenor
  • 1 bass clarinet, 1 trumpet (also 1 piccolo trumpet), 1 drum kit, 1 electric guitar [avec effets multiples] , 1 cello [renfort] , 1 double bass [renfort] , 2 electronic/MIDI keyboards/synthesizers [et sampler]

Premiere information

  • Date: 10 August 1998
    Location:

    Salzbourg, Salzburger Festspiele.


Observations

Écouter l’enregistrement du concert du 4 juin 2005 au Centre Georges Pompidou : https://medias.ircam.fr/x099ae8_hommage-a-klaus-nomi-olga-neuwirth

Table of contents

  1. So simple (sur Simple Man de Kristian Hoffmann), 3'30'' ;
  2. Remember (sur l’air de la mort (Death), extrait de Dido und Aeneas de Purcell — Tate), 5'13'' ;
  3. Can't help it (sur Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß... — Falling in Love again de Friedrich Holländer), 3'40'' ;
  4. The witch (sur Ding Dong extrait de The wizard of Oz de Harold Arlen), 3'30''.