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As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Az álmok hídján mentem át
Foreign language / English title
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Subtitle
Sound theater
Year of composition
1999
Type
Stage work
Instrumentation
reciter (actress), 3 speaker (S., Ms., Bar.) - vlc. (speaker), trb.a., trb.cb. solo - 3 cl. (III anche cl.b., cl.cb.), sax. - sousaphone - 3 perc. - 3 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., 2 cb. - computer pf. without player.
Special instruments: trb.a. with double bell, trb.cb. with double bell, sousaphone with light module
technique: multichannel harmoniser and sound-projection

Available version for theater:
recorded music on CD (instead of live ensemble)
reciter (actress), 3 speaker (S., Ms., Bar.) - vlc. (speaker), trb.a., trb.cb. solo
Special instruments: trombone alto with double-bell, trombone contrabass with double-bell, sousaphon with light-module
technique: multichannel harmoniser and sound-projection
Duration
45 min
Movements, parts
1. Spring
2. Dream with the Cat/ Requiem
3. The Moon
4. Mirror-dream
5. Dark Night
6. Remembrance
7. Bells
Text
Lady SARASHINA; MEZEI, Mari
Language
English
Commissioned by
Donaueschingen Festival and Land Baden-Württemberg
Premiere information
16 October 1999, Donaueschingen, Germany; Ensemble Varianti Stuttgart, Claire Bloom (reciter), Mike Svoboda (trb.), Gerard Buquet (trb.cb.), Manfred Schreier (cond.)
Directed by Thea Brejzek
Publisher / Source
Edition Ricordi Berlin (performing material on hire: SY 3458 and SY 3741)
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 138, 2009 - Elizabeth Laurence (reciter), Mike Svoboda (tr.a.), Gérard Buquet (trb.cb.), UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Gergely Vajda (cond.)
Col Legno, 1999 (Recording of the premiere) - Ensemble Varianti Stuttgart, Claire Bloom (reciter), Mike Svoboda (trb.), Gerard Buquet (trb.cb.), Manfred Schreier (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Spring
2 2. Dream with the Cat
3 3. The moon
4 4. Mirror-dream
5 5. Dark night
6 6. Remembrance
7 7. Bells
Remarks, other info
Scenes from the 11th century Japan

Text from diary of Lady Sarashina (year 1008, Japan)

English translation: Ivan Morris (Penguin Classics Ed. 1975) Text reduction for libretto: Mari Mezei

Technique: multichannel harmoniser and sound-projection
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Col Legno
Eötvös, Péter: As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams BMC Records