String quartet
SKU:
EC.LMP046
Composed by
Kareem Roustom. E.C.
Schirmer Publishing
#LMP046. Published by
E.C. Schirmer Publishing
(EC.LMP046).
These
Four Dances from
CLORINDA AGONISTES
(Clorinda the warrior)
are taken from a recently
completed dramatic work;
a hybrid opera & dance
theatre work currently of
the same title. The name
Clorinda comes from
Monteverdi’s opera
Il Combattimento di
Tancredi e Clorinda
, whose libretto is from
the epic poem by Tasso
titled, Gerusalemme
Liberata (Jerusalem
Liberated). The dramatic
work, which was
commissioned by the
London based Shobana
Jeyasingh Dance company,
the Sadler’s Wells
Theatre and the Royal
Philharmonic Society, was
composed as a companion
piece to
Monteverdi’s
Il
Combattimento.
Contents:
I.
Transitions
II.
Pursuit
III. Shawq
شوق
(Yearning)
IV. Unity
(We dance together)