Now, after a decade of performances across europe, this. Beat furrer born 6 december 1954 is a swissborn austrian composer and conductor. Music theatre in eight scenes for ensemble, eight voices and actor based on texts by beat furrer, carlo emilio gadda, lukrez and arthur schnitzler. Beat furrer fama hortheater reaches london opera today. Stream tracks and playlists from beat furrer on your desktop or mobile device. At the heart of his output lies music theatre work most recently wustenbuch world premiere, basel 2010, preceded by fama donaueschingen, 2005. Beat furrer was born in schaffhausen switzerland in 1954 and received his first musical training on piano at the music school there. In may of 20, swissaustrian composer beat furrer will be in. Nicolas hodges, pianoforte wdr sinfonieorchester koln diretta da peter rundel. I argue that in furrer s hortheater fama, composed in 20042005, the reworking of the. Download beat furrer fama 2005 28 2010 from 122 mb, beat furrer fama 2005 28 2010 from 75 mb free from tradownload. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link. Stream beat furrer, fama, a playlist by klangforum wien from desktop or your mobile device. Glissando as a metaphor in beat furrers fama academic.
Fama beat furrer by neue vocalsolisten stuttgart download and listen to the album. He has served as professor of composition at the university of music and performing arts graz since 1991. The piece was hailed as a miracle at its premiere at donaueschingen. Artists klangforum wien, isabelle menke, neue vocalsolisten stuttgart. The use of similar musical material from one work to another in beat furrer s works is what unites them in an unmistakable identity. In autumn 1991 furrer became a full professor of composition at the hochschule. Pdf on approaching the music theatre of beat furrer alexis. Opera beat furrer fama austrian cultural forum new york. What makes each work unique, however, is the way new networks of meaning for the material become established as the composer reworks his material for a given work. Beat furrers fama came to london at last, with the london sinfonietta. European american music distributors company is a member of the schott music group.
A pdf file of the parts is delivered via email upon receipt. Now, after a decade of performances across europe, this masterpiece of sound theatre finally arrives in the uk. Fama, goddess of rumour, is described at the beginning of book xii of ovids metamorphoses as living at the worlds centre for the greeks this was a flat earth of course at a place where every voice reaches listening ears. A look back at an insightful take on beat furrer s fama. Fama 2005 us premiere james baker, conductor talea ensemble ekmeles vocal ensemble may 17, 20. A print edition of the score ships to the customers address upon receipt. A pdf file of the full score is delivered via email upon receipt. Institute of musical research international composers.
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