Johannes Maria Staud
Specter of the Gardenia oder Der Tag wird kommen
Short instrumentation: 2 1 2 1 - 1 2 1 1 - perc(3), pno(2), vln, vln, 2 2 1
Duration: 60'
Text von: Josef Winkler
Instrumentation details:
1st flute (+picc
alto fl)
2nd flute (+bass fl)
oboe (+c.a)
clarinet in Bb (+cl(A)
cl(Eb))
bass clarinet in Bb
bassoon (+cbsn)
horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in Bb
trombone (+alto tbn)
tuba
1st percussion
2nd percussion
3rd percussion
1st piano
2nd piano
1st violin
2nd violin
1st viola
2nd viola
1st violoncello
2nd violoncello
double bass (5 string)
Staud - Specter of the Gardenia oder Der Tag wird kommen for actor and large ensemble
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Johannes Maria Staud
Staud: Specter of the GardeniaOrchestration: for actor and large ensemble
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Language: Deutsch
Johannes Maria Staud
Staud: Specter of the GardeniaOrchestration: for actor and large ensemble
Type: Studienpartitur
Language: Deutsch
Work introduction
Composer Johannes Maria Staud meets the writer Josef Winkler. Their joint work, specially developed for steirischer herbst, is a subtle interplay of music and text. Not an opera, but an installation-based concert performance, a contemporary music theatre experiment.
Specter of the Gardenia oder Der Tag wird kommen – surrealist Marcel Jean’s sculpture inspired Winkler to create an unusual surrealist monologue. In close collaboration with the writer Staud developed the composition for twenty-two instrumentalists of Ensemble Modern. “I have attempted to write instrumental music that is very much inspired by these verbal image fields, by these aphoristically evocative things.” (Johannes Maria Staud)