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09-05-2022

Nieuw groot werk voor brassband, sopraan en bariton

In Januari leverde ik Mourned from Afar op voor de Swiss Army Brass Band. Dit werk gaat in September in première tijdens een driedaagse tournee. Maar dat niet alleen! Voordat ze de concerten gaan geven, gaan ze het werk opnemen. Het werk laat zich het beste omschrijven als een cantate. Het bestaat uit meerdere delen voor twee zangsolisten met begeleiding

Mourned from Afar

Mourned from Afar is een werk voor brassband, sopraan en bariton. Het is bedoeld als een requiem voor de tijden die we doormaken in de pandemie die in 2020 begon. Daarnaast is het een persoonlijk testament van de emoties en strijd die de componist zelf in deze tijd heeft doorgemaakt.

De tekst is door Monique Bronkhorst geschreven en in drie talen gebruikt in het werk. Op dit moment is er alleen de Zwitserse versie met solo’s in het Duits, Frans en Italiaans en begeleiding door brassband. Deze versie gaat september 2022 in première door de Swiss Army Brass Band onder leiding van Philipp Werlen. Daarnaast is er de mogelijkheid voor een versie met één taal.

Het werk bestaat uit de volgende delen:

  • Prologue: een opening voor brassband,
  • Healthcare Heroes: solo voor sopraan,
  • Transition 1: intermezzo voor brassband,
  • Loneliness: solo voor bariton,
  • Transition 2: intermezzo voor brassband,
  • Earth: duet voor sopraan en bariton,
  • Transition 3: intermezzo voor brassband,
  • Lament: solo voor sopraan,
  • Transition 4: intermezzo voor brassband,
  • Solidarity: solo voor bariton,
  • Transition 5: intermezzo voor brassband,
  • What if: duet voor sopraan en bariton,
  • Epilogue: finale voor brassband.

De transities vormen het verbindende element tussen de verschillende gezongen delen.

De titel slaat op een deel van de tekst: “op afstand beweend, geliefd, gemist” uit het Lament.

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https://youtu.be/T-_xGW99XAI
 

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