Ran: Moon Songs
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- Composer: Shulamit Ran (1949-)
- Instrumentation: Cello, Piano, Flute, Soprano
- Work: Moon Songs
- Work Languages: English, Hebrew (Transliteration)
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- Size: 9.4 x 13.0 inches
- Pages: 140
Description
Ran was asked for a new work for Mimi Stillman's Dolce Suono Ensemble and their Mahler/Schoenberg 2012 concert series. Creating a piece that would be at once an homage and a companion piece to Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire was an intriguing challenge. Ran ultimately chose poems and excerpts that reference the moon in a riveting performance setting for flute (doubling piccolo), piano, cello, and soprano/narrator/actress. with English and Hebrew texts, Moon Songs consists of four "acts" with two entr-actes. Extensive program notes and performance notes are included. Ran advises, "Demanding as her sung part is, the singer…needs to be as much an actress as a singer."