Victoria Borisova-Ollas
*21.12.1969

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Victoria Borisova-Ollas
The Ground Beneath Her Feet | a staged performance | for orchestra, singers and narrator

Work Details
Year of composition: 2006
Subtitle: a staged performance
Scored for: for orchestra, singers and narrator
Composer: Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Text Author: Salman Rushdie
Librettist: Edward Kemp
Original Language: Englisch
Parts: Vina (soprano)
Ormus (baritone)
Rai (speaker)
Instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(4), hp, pno, e.guit, e.bass, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute (+alto fl); 3rd flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 3rd oboe (+c.a); 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb (+cl(Eb)); 3rd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb)); 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; bass trombone; tuba; timpani; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 3rd percussion; 4th percussion (drum set); harp; piano; electric guitar; electric bass; violin I; violin II; violin III; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: Manchester International Festival
Duration (min): 80
Licensing: Licensing Request
World Première
Location: Bridgewater Hall Manchester / Great Britain
Date: 29.06.2007
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
Conductor: Mark Elder
Main Soloists: James McOran-Campbell - Ormus; Lore Lixemberg - Vina; Alan Rickman - Sprecher
Work Introduction

The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a full-length work for orchestra (including a rock trio), singers and narrator by composer Victoria Borisova-Ollas with a libretto by Edward Kemp based on the novel by Salman Rushdie. The work features a film directed by Mike Figgis.

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Reviews

"[The premiere of The Ground Beneath Her Feet] was no ordinary Hallé concert, but the latest genre-busting premiere in the Manchester International Festival. And an epic multinational effort it was, too: a Russian composer's concert adaptation of Salman Rushdie's sprawling novel [...]

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