Das letzte Gold verfallener Sterne (2003)

for soprano and ensemble
Duration: 12:56

Text :  Georg Trakl
Muziek : Christina Viola Oorebeek

First performance :  November 5, 2002 in the Ijsbreker in Amsterdam
commissioned and performed by the Basho Ensemble,
conducted by Jurrien Sligter, Tomoko Makuuchi, soprano

Premier performance : November 5, 2002
in the Ijsbreker in Amsterdam by the  Tomoko Makuuchi, soprano and the Basho Ensemble, conducted by Jurreien Sligter

4 non-consecutive excerpts :

November 6, 2004 in Rotterdam
by  Ensemble Domestica conducted by Wim Steinmann, Charlotte Riedijk, soprano

The poem “and den knaben Elis”  contains evocative images and scenes, in which nature and color play an important role.

In that world created by Georg Trakl, I discovered a story  of transformation, in which memories of loss and finiteness are transmuted into otherwordly, transparent moments.

The music is written in a series of “panels”, one for each line of text.  Some panels reappear a number of times, others less often.

When one of these musical fragments reappears, there is always some variation, so that a musical fabric is woven of rememberance and transmutation.

This piece was supported by the Dutch composition fund / het fonds voor de scheppende toonkunst