Description
WAR op. 23, 1988 (6’)
for two players: player 1: bass-clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, alto-saxophone; player 2: percussion (including electronic drums)
order no.: fue 4010
dedicated to Duo contemporain
Sound Research of Women Composers: Contemporary Music (C 293)
About the work
The title WAR should not mislead – the message is rather anti-war: At the raging beginning, the rumbling effect of arms is produced by an electronic drum combined with the thundering sounds of the bass clarinet in a blended timbre. The textural density
gradually decreases in the course of various occurrences, until a desolate sense of utter destruction closes the piece. The work was commissioned by Duo contemporain (Henri Bok, winds, and Miguel Bernat, percussion) who performed its Premiere in the winter of 1992 in Rotterdam, at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Instrumentation:
bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, alto saxophone, marimba, vibraphone, three tomtoms, three cymbals, electronic drums, triangle, two gongs and bowed cymbal.
