The Lady from the Sea | De vrouw van de zee (NL)
Incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name | Toneelmuziek bij het gelijknamige toneelstuk van Henrik Ibsen(2012)
score and sound files can be purchased from the composer
The score is not meant to be executed. I made the score and the sound files in Sibelius and mixed the music in Logic.
contents
The music consists of an Introduction and four Entr'actes:1. Introduction
2. Entr'acte I, ›The Lady of the Sea‹
3. Entr'acte II, ›The child had the strange man's eyes‹
4. Entr'acte III, ›The terrible, that's what frightens and attracts. The man is like the sea!‹
5. Entr'acte IV, ›So now you can choose your own way - in full freedom!‹
audio
Introduction | mp3 | 5:39
Entr'acte I, ›The Lady of the Sea‹ | mp3 | 2:05
Entr'acte II, ›The child had the strange man's eyes‹ | mp3 | 2:05
Entr'acte III, ›The terrible, that's what frightens and attracts. The man is like the sea!‹ | mp3 | 2:01
Entr'acte IV, ›So now you can choose your own way - in full freedom!‹ | mp3 | 2:05
explanation
In the Introduction, seven leitmotifs have been introduced: ›Where the fjord merges into the sea‹, › Ellida, the strange man and the sea‹, ›Wangel‹; ›Ellida‹; ›Wangel and Ellida‹; ›The strange man‹ and ›The open sea‹.In general, the percussion represents the sea and the melodic instruments and choir represent the characters. The entr'actes are based on the motifs introduced in the Introduction.
colofon
The music was commissioned by theatregroup WARNS and written in 2012.The first performance took place on June 15, 2012 in Amsterdam by WARNS, directed by Sandra Macrander.
The score was written for percussion, flugelhorn, piano's, strings, female choir, male choir, theremin and synthesizer sounds, including a ›Funk Synth Bass‹, ›Synth Bass‹ and ›Synth pad‹. The score was created in Sibelius whereupon the parts were transferred to and mixed in Logic. With it, the help of Anthony Fiumara was indispensable. Thank you Anthony!
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