2007-2008/2009-2010
Com que voz
a song concert upon sonnets by Luís Vaz de Camões and fados by Amália Rodrigues
Info/Credits
for:
fado singer, baryton, large ensemble and live electronics
flute (also piccolo and G-Ffute), oboe (also English horn), clarinet in B flat (also basset horn and bass clarinet), bassoon (also Contrabassoon), horn in F, trumpet in B flat (also piccolo trumpet in B flat), trombone (also bass trumpet in B flat), percussion I, percussion II, Cimbalom and Percussion III, Portuguese guitar, Spanish guitar, harp, accordion, piano (also celesta - five octaves), violin I, violin II (also played with e-bow), viola, violoncello, double-bass and live electronics
text by:
Luís Vaz de Camões and various (fados by Amália Rodrigues)
duration:
about 1h 20'
commission:
Ircam, Casa da Música (Porto), Ensemble Modern and Radio France (1st version); Nieuw Ensemble (2nd version)
first performance:
first version: 17.2.08, Porto, Casa da Música, Cristina Branco, voice, Frank Wörner, baritone, Ensemble Modern, conductor Franck Ollu; revised version: 10.2.10, Utrecht, Vredenburg Leidsche RIjn, Cristina Branco, voice, Frank Wörner, baritone, Nieuw Ensemble, conductor Etienne Siebens.
publisher:
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
catalogue number:
S. 13151 Z.