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Carnaval Op.9 01. Ensemble 360 "No.2 Pierrot" 02. Claire Booth "Pierrot Dandy" 03. Claire Booth "Colombine" Pierrot 04. Ensemble 360 "I. Pierrot: Andante espressivo" 05. Ensemble 360 "II. Columbine: Con frivolezza" 06. Ensemble 360 "III. Pierrot's Serenade: Spettrale" 07. Ensemble 360 "IV. Harlequin: Con energia" 08. Ensemble 360 "V. Harlequin attacks Pierrot: Furioso" 09. Ensemble 360 "VI. Columbine rejects Pierrot: Molto meno mosso" 10. Ensemble 360 "VII. Harlequin's serenade: Sensuale" 11. Ensemble 360 "VIII. Pierrot: Andante espressivo" 12. Claire Booth "Pierrot L.30" Les R?ves de Colombine Op.65 13. Ensemble 360 "III. Valse amoureuse" 12 Gedichte aus 'Pierrot lunaire' Op.4 14. Claire Booth "No.7 Nordpolfahrt" Die tote Stadt Op.12 15. Ensemble 360 "'Tanzlied des Pierrot'" Pierrot lunaire Op.21 16. Claire Booth "1. Mondestrunken" 17. Claire Booth "2. Colombine" 18. Claire Booth "3. Der Dandy" 19. Claire Booth "4. Eine blasse W?scherin" 20. Claire Booth "5. Valse de Chopin" 21. Claire Booth "6. Madonna" 22. Claire Booth "7. Der kranke Mond" 23. Claire Booth "8. Nacht" 24. Claire Booth "9. Gebet an Pierrot" 25. Claire Booth "10. Raub" 26. Claire Booth "11. Rote Messe" 27. Claire Booth "12. Galgenlied" 28. Claire Booth "13. Enthauptung" 29. Claire Booth "14. Die Kreuze" 30. Claire Booth "15. Heimweh" 31. Claire Booth "16. Gemeinheit" 32. Claire Booth "17. Parodie" 33. Claire Booth "18. Der Mondfleck" 34. Claire Booth "19. Serenade" 35. Claire Booth "20. Heimfahrt" 36. Claire Booth "21. O alter Duft"
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| Description: | The figure of the clown has always had associations with the carnivalesque, masks and madness. The
ability of Pierrot to be melancholic yet murderous, a trickster yet romantic can easily be traced back to
the commedia del arte tradition of the 17th century. However, more interesting still is the older
tradition of Carnival. Pierrotâ??s ability to rape, steal, commit bigamy and suicide while simultaneously
offering protestations of love or playing practical jokes is understood clearly within the context of
carnival, that medieval Feast of Fools replete with drunken orgies on the altar table, indecent
gestures, disrobing. The festival upends order. Fools become kings, appetites, both sexual and
gormandising replace restraint. Pierrot represents human vice, he is outside of the law, and thus
outside of sin. He makes us dream of a life which is purely sensual and freed from the yoke of
conscience.
Claire Booth and Ensemble 360 explore the fascination with the multi-faceted Pierrot by composers as
diverse as Thea Musgrave, Debussy, Korngold, Amy Beach and, of course Schoenbergâ??s
groundbreaking Pierrot Lunaire. - |
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