Drei Gesänge aus "Carmen" von Wolf Wondratschek (Sinfonie Nr.2)
(1988-1990) (Three Songs from "Carmen" by Wolf Wondratschek (Symphony No.2)) 214(I=afl,II,III,IV=picc).3.corA.3.bcl.4(IV=dbn)-6.4.4.1-timp-perc(8-10):anvil/whip/log dr/tam-t(sm,med,lg)/t.bells/BD/glsp/whip/crot/gongs(B,D,E,F,A)/cast/SD/cym/tgl/5tom-t/susp.cym(sm,med,lg)/TD/6wdbl/hi-hat/hammer/broken glass/vib/watergong/maracas/sizzle cym/xyl/wind machine/stones/sound of water/thundersheet(lg)-harp-pft(=cel)-strings
A very slow composition process, lasting over two years with occasional bursts of creative activity, produced a complicated score for baritone and a large orchestra which initially had no prospect of being performed. The voice sings of a great love which is over. Here sadness, aggression, memories, quotations and poetry combine to produce a symphonic scenerey, a psychological sound theatre with instruments; the words form the foundations. The musical architecture is constructed on two tone formulae which repeatedly produce new forms with proliferations and deviations.
Thomas Tangler
