Accused (reduced version)
(2014, arr. 2020)for soprano and reduced orchestra
Duration: 39'
Music Text
Extracts from an interrogation of a victim (Mademoiselle Théroigne de Méricourt) of the turbulent events surrounding the French revolution, the transcript of a Stasi interrogation in East Germany during the 1960s and the transcript of the trial of Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning (F,G,E)
Scoring
2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-2.2-timp.perc(1):glsp/crots/spring.coil/bell.tree/bongos/TD/BD/2susp.cyms/2Chin.bl/tam-t-harp-cel-str
Performance note. It is recommended that surtitles be used to display the text of this work, preferably translated into the language appropriate to the audience. The original text and English translations are available from the publisher.
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World premiere of version
06/11/2020
Barbican, London
Anu Komsi, soprano / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo OBE
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