Exercices de style
Nissim Schaul
About this work:
Queneau’s book/collection of poems/text/whatever-you-want-to-call-it attracted me because of its relative meaninglessness. I’ve always had a hard time connecting words and music, so the "Exercices" offered me the perfect opportunity to work with voice while allowing the words to be secondary in importance. I let the music conduct itself; despite the mundane tale told, the music is quite dramatic.
Version: with violin
Year composed: 2008
Duration: 00:09:00
Ensemble type: Chorus, with or without Solo Voices:Chorus with Chamber Ensemble
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Violin, 1 S, 1 A, 1 T, 1 B