Vom Ende der Unschuld
Opera in 5 Scenes after Motifs from Life and Thougt of the German Theologian and Resistance Fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) – 2nd Version
[solos,mix ch,orch] 2016 durée: 150' Choir: SATB – orchestra (version for chamber orchestra): 1(picc).1(cor angl).1(B-clar).1 – 2.1.1.0 – timp.perc(2-3) – hp – str: 3.2.2.1.1
Description
Characters: Angatha, property lady (alto) – Germa, her daughter (soprano) – Heman, their twin brother (tenor) – Drako, a cousin (baritone) – Brandolf, the administrator (bass) – Mete, the cook (mezzosoprano) – young servant (tenor) – sheperd (bariton) – doctor (bass) – servants and maids (Choir: SATB)
Coming to Terms with History by Music
What does a musical approach to German history’s worst perversion and contemptible inhumanity sound like? Stephan Peiffer recharges his opera “Vom Ende der Unschuld” (Of the End of Innocence) with a musical language employing a wide spectrum of Western music – from Gregorian phrases to serial passages, from modal scales to sound-surface composition. Through the variety of styles, a music emerges using the depths of our listening experience.
(Stephan Peiffer, 2017)
MM 2246801
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Description
Characters: Angatha, property lady (alto) – Germa, her daughter (soprano) – Heman, their twin brother (tenor) – Drako, a cousin (baritone) – Brandolf, the administrator (bass) – Mete, the cook (mezzosoprano) – young servant (tenor) – sheperd (bariton) – doctor (bass) – servants and maids (Choir: SATB)
Coming to Terms with History by Music
What does a musical approach to German history’s worst perversion and contemptible inhumanity sound like? Stephan Peiffer recharges his opera “Vom Ende der Unschuld” (Of the End of Innocence) with a musical language employing a wide spectrum of Western music – from Gregorian phrases to serial passages, from modal scales to sound-surface composition. Through the variety of styles, a music emerges using the depths of our listening experience.
(Stephan Peiffer, 2017)
Première représentation
World premiere: Wiesbaden, Schlachthof (Maifestspiele), May 30, 2018