Olga Neuwirth (1968)
Hommage à Klaus Nomi (1998)
four songs for countertenor and small ensemble, re-orchestrated and arranged
arrangement
- General information
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Composition date :
1998
- Duration : 16 mn
- Publisher : Ricordi, nº Sy. 3394
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Libretto (details, author) :
Hoffmann, Tate, Holländer et Arlen
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Composition date :
1998
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice and ensemble of up to 9 instruments]
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
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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
- So simple (sur Simple Man de Kristian Hoffmann), 3'30'' ;
- Remember (sur l’air de la mort (Death), extrait de Dido und Aeneas de Purcell — Tate), 5'13'' ;
- Can't help it (sur Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß... — Falling in Love again de Friedrich Holländer), 3'40'' ;
- The witch (sur Ding Dong extrait de The wizard of Oz de Harold Arlen), 3'30''.