John Zorn (1953)

Acéphale (2018)

for vibraphone and piano with improvising rhythm section of bass and drums

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2018
    • Duration: 10 mn
    • Publisher: Hips Road Edition
Detailed formation
  • piano, vibraphone, drums, bass voice

Premiere information

Observations

Présentation de l’éditeur : Inspired by the secret society formed by Georges Bataille in the 1930s and subtitled Belle de Jour after Luis Bunüel’s cinematic masterpiece, this is a powerful and beautiful work for vibraphone and piano with improvising rhythm section of bass and drums. In three movements that run attacca.