HELMUT  OEHRING

A N G E L U S   N O V U S   I I
 

Collage instrumental-vocal mis en scène

 

for vocal and instrumental soloists + Jazz quartet + Ensemble + live electronics + live video

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 based n an idea of  Stefanie Wördemann and Helmut Oehring on a painting by Paul Klee

 

libretto: Stefanie Wördemann with texts by Walter Benjamin and Charles Baudelaire

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Prologue – Arrival / Goodbye 1

Passage I Berlin 1921 / Ibiza 1933

Farewell Chamber / Darkroom 1

Passage II – Marseille 1932 / Nizza 1933

Farewell Chamber / Darkroom 2

Passage III – Paris 1939 / Port Bou 1940

EPILOG – Arrival / Goodbye 2

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Commissioned by University of The Arts Bern

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world premiere 24 January 2015 Dampfzentrale Bern

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duration: ca. 80 minutes

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B E S E T Z U N G

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Walter Benjamin – narrator / vocalist / solo double bass

Agesilaus Santander – vocal soloist

Benedix Schoenfließ / Angelus Novus I – narrator / solo countertenor 

Angelus Novus II – solo bariton (also bariton 1 chamber choir)

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Angeli Novi – opera singer (also chamber choir):

soprano 1

soprano 2
mezzosoprano

bariton 2

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Jazz singer 1

Jazz singer 2

Jazz singer 3

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2 voices Farewell letters Benjamin

 

Jazz formation:

e-guitar 

drums

double bass

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instrumental soloists:

bass clarinet

contrabass clarinet
e-guitar 1 / concert guitar / lute

e-guitar 2 / concert guitar

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Ensemble: 

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bass floute
bass clarinet (in B)
trumpet (in C)
4 trombones (4. = bass trombone)

percussion (1 player)

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grand piano (prepared) / keyboard

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2 violins I

2 violins II

2 viola

2 violoncelli

2 double basses