subtitle:
for chamber choir a capella or a group of folk instruments
year:
2010
lenght:
12-18'
instrumentation:
coro misto, 4 hurdy-gurdy, 4 bag pipe, 4 folk violin, 4 fife
publisher:
PWM Edition
premiere:
12.06.2010, Folle Journee de Varsovie – Chopin Open Festival, National Opera in Warsaw
Performers
The Camerata Silesia choir
The Music Workshop ensemble
Conductor Anna Szostak
Commission:
Orange Foundation, Polish Institute in Paris
details:
The instrumental party can be performed by four musicians who change instruments during the course of the song. Fragments with violins, pipes, bagpipes and hurdy-gurdys are played by walking on the stage and the concert hall. The notation should be treated as a suggestion that musicians can perform at their own discretion and in accordance with the capabilities of the instruments.