Iris ter Schiphorst | Mischwesen – la tristesse durera

Mischwesen – la tristesse durera (Composite beings - la tristesse durera) (1998) (with Helmut Oehring)

for a deaf performer, three trumpets and keyboard
based on the poem "Silence" by Anne Sexton and texts by Iris ter Schiphorst and Helmut Oehring

Duration: 20 min.

Composition commissioned by Novembermusik, 1998

WP: 21.11.1998, Kunstencentrum, Gent Festival November Music, Belgium/Netherlands

Christina Schönfeld - deaf performer, Asko Ensemble / Conductor: Roland Kluttig

Also as version for deaf performer, oboe, flute, bassoon and keybaord
Premiere: 1999, Bremen (Christina Schönfeld, Ensemble AVenture)

Also as version for deaf performer, flute, clarinet, keyboard
première: June 2002, Kassel (St. Martin) (Christina Schönfeld, Ensemble l'art pour l'art)

Also as version for deaf performer, trumpet, trombone, tuba, keyboard
Premiere: Nov. 2002 Berlin/Hebbel Theatre (Christina Schönfeld, M. Gross, A. Dagby, Ro. Hayword)
Visual concept: Daniel Kötter

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