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CHAPTER
I
à rien
for one singer
Thorsten Töpp, 1999
"à rien" follows the last records in Kafka’s
diary and is dedicated to Javier Hagen. This work mingles different
levels of consciousness and time with extreme requirements for
the voice in a virtuous way. - - Having finished his studies
in composition with Wolfgang Rihm and Heiner Goebbels in Karlsruhe,
Thorsten Töpp leads his own projects, directs at the same
time since 2001 "Forum Neue Musik" in Duisburg and
surrounding towns and he is working as a theatre-musician with
Duisburger Akzente 2002 and 2006.
CHAPTER
II
Verstohlen geht der Mond auf
tenor and recorder
trad.
CHAPTER
III
lebelight
tenor, recorder and playback CD
Maria
Porten, 2001/2
lebelight (dedicated to Javier Hagen) consists of 7 poems by
Ivar Breitenmoser (Zurich tanzt Bolero) set into music by Maria
Porten. They tell about "light" products, bustle,
permanent accessibility, technical simplification and the loss
to enjoy life. UMS ´n JIP recorded lebelight for the Swiss
CD-label VDE Gallo in summer 2008. www.porten.ch
CHAPTER
IV
Alle Vögel sind schon da
countertenor and recorder
trad.
CHAPTER V
3 Auswege, Im Zeichen der Schildkröte
tenor and recorder
JIP, 2003
After
a poem of Bertolt Brecht. The 3fold composition of the same
poem equals an intensification. During the occupation by the
Nazis Scandinavian members of the resistance drew tortoises
onto trains and walls to request to slow down the work.
CHAPTER
VI
p.h.-werte
tenor/countertenor, recorder and playback CD
JIP, 2007
Confrontation
of the mythic, ideal world with the everyday-banality: Hermes´
arrival at Ogygia, the Isle of Kalypso faces the accident of
Paris Hilton, who was bitten by her kinkajou Baby Luv. Nowadays
the values are only a matter of opinion; glaring differences
of values stand today next to each other - only a few mouse
clicks apart.
CHAPTER
VII
Guten Abend gut Nacht
solo tenor
trad.
CHAPTER
VIII
WOH
solo recorder
UMS,
2009 (world premiere)
CAST
Ulrike
Mayer-Spohn : recorder, electronics, actress
Javier Hagen
:
countertenor, tenor, electronics, actor
UMS 'n JIP : production, direction
Carmen Bender : technician
André Pignat : lights, assistant director
Studio Theatre Interface Sion : co-production
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