BEHOUDEN STEM: CONVERSATIONS WITH M.

for baritone or mezzo-soprano and 2 percussion players

This work was commissioned by Muziektheater Transparant in 1998, a musical score for a film by Remco Van Damme and Allel el Berkani.

Wim Henderickx premiered the work as one of the percussionists. It was a combination of film, live music and theatre.

The song ‘Con che soavità’ from the 7th Book of Madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi served as a source of inspiration for this work.
A big part of the material, as well melodically, harmonically as rhythmically, is based on this music.

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for baritone or mezzo-soprano and 2 percussion players (+/- 30’)
(text: inspired by ‘Con che soavità’, Claudio Monteverdi)
Commissioned by Music Theatre Transparant
first performance : March 16, 1998 at de Singel, Antwerp
Radoslaw Wielgus, baritone, 
Wim Henderickx and Gert François, percussion