SOS - Odysseus (2012/2013) (with Uroš Rojko)
for orchestra, 2 actors and staged children's choirs
Libretto Helga Utz
Duration: 50 min.
Composition commission from KölnMusik
WP: 8. 5. 2013, Philharmonie KölnGürzenich Orchestra, Conductor. Markus Stenz, actors: Renato Schuch, Tanja Haller
Performance material available from Boosey & Hawkes
From the advance notice
For the fourth time, 300 second-graders from twelve schools are making the stage of the Cologne Philharmonie unsafe. They have rehearsed intensively for two months to bring a world premiere to the stage together with musicians from the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and professional actors. This time, the Odyssey, an ancient story, is on the programme, which Helga Utz has adapted in an entertaining and child-friendly way and the composers Iris ter Schiphorst and Uros Rojko have set to enchanting music. Accompany Odysseus on his exciting journey and listen to the beguiling song of our 300 little sirens in complete safety!
In co-operation with the KINDEROPER KÖLN.
Supported by the Kuratorium KölnMusik e.V. Made possible by the speciality chemicals company LANXESS. ACHT BRÜCKEN Lunch is made possible by Sparkasse KölnBonn.