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BESTIARIUS
(The Book of Monsters and Creatures)
for alto / mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Duration:
11 minutes
Instrumentation:
alto / mezzo-soprano, flute/piccolo, clarinet,
bassoon, violin, percussion (2), harpsichord
Year Composed:
1995
Poems By:
Dan Pagis
Poems Included:
1. The Elephant
2. Armchairs
3. The Mosquito
Language:
Hebrew
Written For:
Ayelet Carmon
Premiere Performance:
7 July, 1996
Jerusalem, Israel
Ayelet Carmon, mezzo-soprano
Roni Shifrin, flute/piccolo
Roni Barak, clarinet
Eyal Street, bassoon
Michael Zuckerman, violin
Dafna Gan, harpsichord
Pamela Jones and Alex Nemirovsky, percussion
Lior Navok, conductor
ensemble music animals theme
THEMES:
Program Notes:
The Bestiarius (Bestiary) was a common book during the Middle Ages. It contained illustrations of animals, some real and some imaginary. For example, the phoenix was introduced through the Bestiaries. In his Bestiarius, Israeli poet Dan Pagis introduces six "animal" poems, from which I chose three. The text, filled with humor, gave me the opportunity to compose music that often creates a bold contrast to the written word.
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