Richard Barrett (1959)

DARK MATTER (1990 -2001)

for soprano and ensemble

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1990 - 2001
      Revision dates: 2002
    • Video, installation (detail, author): installation de Per Inge Bjørlo
    • Duration: 1 h 35 mn
    • Publisher: United Music Publishers
    • Commission: les ensembles Cikada et ELISION, DAAD
    • Libretto (details, author):

      textes des pyramides, Hesiod, Hippolytos, Anaxagoras, Melissos, hymnes orphiques, Lucrèce, Pascal et Beckett

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo soprano
  • 2 flutes, 3 clarinets, saxophone [ad lib.] , 2 percussionists, guitar, piano, positive organ [ad lib.] , violin, second violin, violin - early instruments [hardanger fiddle, ad lib.] , viola, 2 cellos, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 16 November 2001
    Location:

    Australie, Brisbane, Powerhouse Theatre


    Performers:

    les ensembles Cikada et ELISON, direction : Christian Eggen.

  • Date: 14 March 2003
    Location:

    Allemagne, Berlin


    Performers:

    les ensembles Cikada et ELISON, direction : Christian Eggen.

Information on the electronics
Electronic device: spatialisation