for 4-channel voice, flute, clarinet, saxophone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, video & fixed media
premiere: Ensemble Garage, Tonlagenfestival Hellerau, 23.03.2019
duration: 14:00 min
technical setup: all instruments are amplified, voice with effect device, 4-channel tape, electric transformation of marimba sound
CHECK OUT THE OTHER VERSIONS
keep quiet and dance (2018, original version)
for voice, clarinet, violin, cello and electronics
duration: 7:30 min
keep quiet and dance #1 (2018/2019)
for voice, clarinet, percussion, violin, cello and electronics
duration: 7:30 min
keep quiet and dance #3 (2018/2019)
for voice, percussion and string ensemble (3.3.3.2.1) and tape
ORIGINAL VERSION:
about
Keep quiet and dance was originally written for the European-Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble and the singer Kamilya Jubran.
The piece follows the idea of a song developing it’s own rules by denying and incorporating different kinds of material and building it’s own musical consistency. The title is a quotation of the last words of Electra when she died. She’s a kind of opposite figure to Nawal Saadawi, who’s voice appears as a second layer in the piece. These two female figures are representing the powerful force of reaching a state of impersonality by following the idea of a rebellion. But the forces behind are very different: Electras enormous uncontrolled force, leaded by feelings of hate and revenge and Saadawis calm and resistant moves towards a better society are two very present polarities determining social and political developments.
keep quiet and dance follows the idea of an open work – I re-write, re-work on it for different contexts, for different singers with different cultural backgrounds, for different formats of presentation.