BAAL
08′ – 2015
for orchestra
Baal
I. The gods danced and then decided to die
II. Over here the rain is neither water nor angels
III. the sun has turned around my head
IV. Even dressed in black our holidays are festive
The title of each movement is borrowed from an original poem of Etel Adnan.
At the end of the work the musicians get up and chant the words Ana Baal uluka laka shaab kom ded khumul lazin hekem, which incite the people to recover.
set:
1 piccolo flutes, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in Bb, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in Bb, 1 alto trombone, 1 trombone tenor, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, 3 percussions, 1 harp, 12 violins I, 10 violins II, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 5 contrabasses
percussions
toms, GPM tams, glockenspiel, 2nd glockenspiel (or glock keyboard or celesta), bass drum, vibraphone, timpani, gongs, rattlesnakes, suspended cymbals serious and average, timpani, snare drum, Chinese cymbals
Premiere: July 31, 2015
in Baalbeck, Lebanon
by the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra
direction Harout Fazlian
April 6, 2016 Beirut, Lebanon by the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, direction Harout Fazlian
April 4, 2017 Théâtre du Vellein, L’Isle d’Abeau by OSE! Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Kawka
April 6, 2017 Detour Festival of Babel, the Ramp, Echirolles by OSE! Symphony Orchestra, direction Daniel Kawka
November 15, 2017 Oyonnax Theater by the OSE! Symphony Orchestra, direction Daniel Kawka
November 17, 2017 Opera Theater, Saint Etienne by OSE! Symphony Orchestra, direction Daniel Kawka
November 19, 2017 Palais des sports, Andrézieux Bouthéon OSE! Symphony Orchestra, direction Daniel Kawka
Commissioned by the Baalbeck International Festival for the event “Ilik Ya Baalbeck” (To you, Baalbeck),
design & staging Nabil el Azan on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the festival
© ŠamaŠ éditions musicales 2015
