Anaïs Nin

Anais Nin (E)

woodwind1(cl;dbcl;ssax).woodwind2(cl;bcl;asax)-hn.tpt-perc(1):glsp/lg guiro/tamb/2 high metal sounds/maracas/coarse sandblock/4tpl.bl(1tuned)/5metal chimes/2tuned cowbells/2t.bells/gong-pft-vln(amplified).db The following equipment is required to perform this piece: laptop, CD player, sound system, video screen and projector. The singer's performance should be surtitled.

Small-scale musical theater piece written for the musicians of Nieuw Amsterdams Peil (NAP) and singer Cristina Zavalloni for whom Andriessen wrote several pieces in the years 1999-2015. He selected texts from the diaries of Anaïs Nin and was involved in the direction of the films. Lucas de Man directed the whole thing.

Note by Mirjam Zeegers, courtesy of the Louis Andriessen Platform

Dramatic, Poetic