Sextet
for pierrot ensemble
| Duration: | 22 minutes | |
| Instrumentation: |
Flute/ Piccolo/ Bass Flute, Clarinet/ Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion and Piano |
Program notes:
By now, the instrumentation of the sextet can be considered as a standard ensemble, established by Schoenberg in his Pierrot Lunaire, (after taking out the voice and adding percussion). My sextet is built in six short movements:
In Eastern Winds I tried to bring some of the colors and sonorities of the Middle East into the sextet medium. The old castle at dusk is the longest movement of the piece, in which I tried to explore other timbres of this standard instrumentation. Two Gong beats connect this movement to the Elegy. As for the Drunken Ballerinas, my Image was of few dancers who dance while being influenced by alcohol. Darkness is an atmosphere movement, reflecting wondering. The last movement is the fight of the Triangle for its independence, while neither completely understood nor accepted by his colleagues.
| Year composed: | 1998 | |
| Premiere performance: | 16, February 1999 Boston, MA, USA Orlando Cela, flutes/piccolo; Marissa Byers,clarinets Miguel Perez-Espejo, violin Ruti Machnai, cello Thomas Guldborg, Percussion Eliko Akahori, piano Lior Navok, conductor |
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