Horn; Piano; Violin
(Score & Parts)
SKU:
HL.14042113
Score
and Parts. Composed
by Niels Marthinsen.
Music Sales America.
Classical, Contemporary.
Softcover. Composed 2012.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH31620. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14042113).
ISBN
9788759826058.
International (more than
one language).
THE
DREAMERS for horn, violin
and piano is the sixth of
a series of seven
compositions named after
Karen Blixen's collection
of short stories Seven
Gothic Tales. My musical
gothic tales are written
for very different
ensembles - THE SUPPER AT
ELSINORE is a saxophone
quartet, THE OLD
CHEVALIER is for bass
trombone and piano, THE
MONKEY is a chamber
orchestra work - but they
all share musical
material in a criss-cross
of contextual references
reminiscent of Blixen's
narrative complexity:
Themes and motivs from
one piece appear in
others in new and
surprising shapes and
combinations. Karen
Blixen's THE DREAMERS has
the most complex
narrative structure of
all her seven gothic
tales.The story is made
up of three tales with
different narrators, but
with the same principal
caracter in various
disguises, all three
imbedded within a fourth
tale that serves as a
framework for the entire
short story. The main
story line unravels the
life of a famous opera
diva who looses her voice
during a terrible fire.
Before this her life was
perpetual bliss, and the
tragedy drives her into
assuming different
personality guises in
order to escape reality.
Toward the end she is
confronted with her true
identity, and dies. THE
DREAMERS isn't 'about'
anything. The music is
inspired by the artistic
content of Blixen's short
story - it's
emotionalism, dramatic
construction, atmosphere,
period and settings - but
unfolds in time and
musical space in ways
that are completely
independent of the
story's narrative
progression... except one
might say that the three
players try their best to
either catch or escape
each other, and that when
they finally meet, it
happens abruptly, even
tragically - and only
barely provides a little
consolation. Duration:
approximately 15
minutes.