Anna Veismane
"Shatum" for eight female voices and percussion
Duration: 8'
Choir: vocal ensemble
Solos:
percussion
"Shatum" for eight female voices and percussion
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Anna Veismane
Shatum for eight female voices and percussion
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Anna Veismane
Vokalensemble ( Shatum for eight female voices and percussion)
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Type: Chorpartitur
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Work introduction
The whole composition is based on one word 'shatum' and the phonemes echoes in timbre colors of the percussion. Shatum - Šat-um is reversed word "tum-ša", which in latvian language means "dark".
Only at the very end we hear the other word - "gaiša" - "gaisha", which means "bright". Asociatively, I imagine the emotional power of the syllables - 'ša' is open, jubilant, excited, 'tum' is more hollow, mysterious, rhythmic. Ensemble is divided in two groups, which respond and imitate each other like in antiphon.
What is necessary to perform this work?
Percussion - one player; Egg shaker (small) Shaker (bigger, lower) Suspended Cymbal Tom-tom
Four Egg Shakers for singers