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Tobias Picker:
Funeral Procession
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| from: Emmeline (1996) |
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| Instrumentation: opera: soloists, choir, orchestra |
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| Categories:
Funeral
Grief
Fear
Orchestra
Pathetic
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| Description: |
Pain, despair, grief – these are the three words that come to the listener's mind when listening to the expressive funeral music from the opera 'Emmeline' by Tobias Picker, one of today's most prominent American composers. It is an archaic scene: Man is helplessly at the mercy of the almighty power of death. Powerlessness turns into despair, despair into rage. This is music that is raised in a threatening manner like a fist clenched in anger.
CD: Albany Records Troy 284-85 - Santa Fe Opera - George Manahan, Conductor |
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