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The Adnan Songbook
for soprano and ensemble
text from 'Love Poems' by Etel Adnan
soprano and ensemble
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The songs in the Adnan Songbook set a group of eight Love Poems by the Lebanese writer Etel Adnan. Etel left Beirut many years ago and now lives and works in California and Paris. I collaborated with her on Robert Wilson’s large scale operatic project, the CIVIL WarS in 1984, and one aria from that opera to words by Etel, ’La Reine de la Mar’, forms part of my cantata Effarene. We worked together, with a number of other performers and designers, in the isolated setting of the Monastery of La Sainte Baume in the mountains above Marseilles in a bitterly cold winter. Gavin Bryars
Orchestral Cast
bcl(cl)-egtr(gtr)-str(0.0.2.1.1 or 0.0.6.4.2)
Content
I 'I had a gypsy with Indian silver all over her body'
II 'The sun came in'
III 'I went to the drugstore to sell my pain'
IV 'No one asked you to be an angel of fear'
V 'You are a white cloud coming down my spine'
VI 'You are under my hands a piece of fire'
VII 'White as the unfolded tree'
VIII 'My hand on your hand'
II 'The sun came in'
III 'I went to the drugstore to sell my pain'
IV 'No one asked you to be an angel of fear'
V 'You are a white cloud coming down my spine'
VI 'You are under my hands a piece of fire'
VII 'White as the unfolded tree'
VIII 'My hand on your hand'
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Title:
The Adnan Songbook
for soprano and ensemble
text from 'Love Poems' by Etel Adnan
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1995 - 1996
Duration:
38 ′
World Premiere:
July 20, 1996 · London (UK)
Almeida Theatre
Valdine Anderson, soprano · Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Almeida Theatre
Valdine Anderson, soprano · Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Commissioned work :
Nos. 1 & 2 commissioned by the BBC for their 'Fairest Isle' series · Nos. 3, 4, 6, 7 & 8 commissioned by the Almedia Theatre for their Opera season 1996
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
LSL 1249-01
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Audio:
Performances
The Adnan Songbook
October 1, 2015 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Whitechapel Gallery
The Adnan Songbook
Orchestra: Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik
January 15, 2015 |
Salzburg (Austria) , Museum der Moderne
The Adnan Songbook
Orchestra: Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik
November 14, 2014 |
Salzburg (Austria) , Museum der Moderne
The Adnan Songbook
Orchestra: Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra
March 16, 2014 |
Doha (Qatar) , Arab Museum of Modern Art — National Premiere
The Adnan Songbook
Canberra International Music Festival 2013: JESUS BLOOD - Gavin Bryars Portrait Concert
Conductor: Gavin Bryars
Orchestra: Canberra Festival Camerata
May 18, 2013 |
Canberra (Australia) , Albert Hall — National Premiere
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