general information

composition date
1988
duration
12 min
editor
Schott
Libretto (details, author)

texte de Ronald David Laing

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and ensemble of up to 9 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
soprano

flute (also piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (also bass clarinet), timpani, percussionist, guitar [amplifiée], piano, violin (also viola), cello

information about the creation

date
July 31, 1988
Danemark, Lerchenborg, Lerchenborg Music '88
interpreters
Bodil Gumoes, soprano; The Elsinore Players ; Karl Aage Rasmussen, direction

Part titles

I. Erratically “I couldn’t believe it…”
II. Loosely “Do y’know what I mean…”
III. Confidently “What am I going on…”
IV. Under obsession “No thinking no no thinking…”
V. Catastrophe “My neck is on the guillotine…”


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