Glanert, Detlev: Drei Wasserspiele (Three Water Plays) (1986-1995) 58'
Three chamber operas based on the 'Three Minute Plays' by Thornton Wilder
Music Text Deutsch
Libretto by Thornton Wilder; German version by Herbert Herlitschka (E,G)
Scoring
S,T,Bar; fl.cl-hn-perc(1)-gtr-pft(=cel)-vla.vlc.db
World premiere complete
5/16/1995
Theater (Concordia), Bremen
Mark Daniel Hirsch, director / Bremer Theater / Catherine Rückwardt
Programme Note Deutsch
> Leviathan
> Der Engel, der das Wasser bewegte
> Der Engel auf dem Schiff
Press Quotes Deutsch
"If one wished to let someone hear what ‘gesture’ means in music, Glanert’s music, such as Three Water Plays, would provide an ideal listening experience. the music is all gesture: in the physicality of its great exuberance, in its tactile three-dimensionality, and the pronounced mobility of all its parameters." (Günter Matysiak, Das Orchester, Sep 1995)
"An elegant chamber play; one might even say, in the tradition of Ariadne. Yet each of the three pieces has its own distinctive musical expression: formal and distinctive style in the Renaissance fairy tale of Leviathan, the painful exploration of the state of mind of those seeking healing in the Biblical legend of the middle piece, and oppressive comedy through the inclusion of popular music in the prayer ritual of the satyric games in the ship-wreck episode. All is variable in the extreme, but held together by a hand that is unmistakably original." (Gerhart Asche, Opernwelt, Jul 1995)
Three chamber operas based on the 'Three Minute Plays' by Thornton Wilder
Music Text Deutsch
Libretto by Thornton Wilder; German version by Herbert Herlitschka (E,G)
Scoring
S,T,Bar; fl.cl-hn-perc(1)-gtr-pft(=cel)-vla.vlc.db
World premiere complete
5/16/1995
Theater (Concordia), Bremen
Mark Daniel Hirsch, director / Bremer Theater / Catherine Rückwardt
Programme Note Deutsch
> Leviathan
> Der Engel, der das Wasser bewegte
> Der Engel auf dem Schiff
Press Quotes Deutsch
"If one wished to let someone hear what ‘gesture’ means in music, Glanert’s music, such as Three Water Plays, would provide an ideal listening experience. the music is all gesture: in the physicality of its great exuberance, in its tactile three-dimensionality, and the pronounced mobility of all its parameters." (Günter Matysiak, Das Orchester, Sep 1995)
"An elegant chamber play; one might even say, in the tradition of Ariadne. Yet each of the three pieces has its own distinctive musical expression: formal and distinctive style in the Renaissance fairy tale of Leviathan, the painful exploration of the state of mind of those seeking healing in the Biblical legend of the middle piece, and oppressive comedy through the inclusion of popular music in the prayer ritual of the satyric games in the ship-wreck episode. All is variable in the extreme, but held together by a hand that is unmistakably original." (Gerhart Asche, Opernwelt, Jul 1995)
