ter Schiphorst, Iris: LIVE (aus: Androgyn) (with Helmut Oehring) (1997) 23'
18 songs from the poem LIVE by Anne Sexton
Music Text Deutsch
Anne Sexton
Scoring
voice-prepared pft(=kbd sampler)-vln.vlc-live electronics.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
4/26/1997
Witten
Salome Kammer / New Music Chamber Ensemble
Programme Note Deutsch
Anne Sexton
born in Newton, Massachussetts in 1928, lived the conventional life of a middle-class housewife before, aged 28, she began writing poetry on the advice of her therapist after a psychotic attack. In the following 15 years, she became one of the most prominent of the ‘confessional poets’. She received important literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. On 4 October 1974 she committed suicide.
Recommended Recording
Salome Kammer / Ensemble Aventure
Ars Musici AM 1250-2
To purchase this CD from Amazon, click here now
18 songs from the poem LIVE by Anne Sexton
Music Text Deutsch
Anne Sexton
Scoring
voice-prepared pft(=kbd sampler)-vln.vlc-live electronics.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
4/26/1997
Witten
Salome Kammer / New Music Chamber Ensemble
Programme Note Deutsch
Anne Sexton
born in Newton, Massachussetts in 1928, lived the conventional life of a middle-class housewife before, aged 28, she began writing poetry on the advice of her therapist after a psychotic attack. In the following 15 years, she became one of the most prominent of the ‘confessional poets’. She received important literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. On 4 October 1974 she committed suicide.
Recommended Recording
Salome Kammer / Ensemble Aventure
Ars Musici AM 1250-2
To purchase this CD from Amazon, click here now
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