CORD MEIJERING COMPOSER

CORD MEIJERING

그 공동묘지의 풀 - GRAS AUF JENEM FRIEDHOF

for soprano, flute and bass clarinet

가사: 김 혜순의 시 - after a poem by Kim Hyesoon

composed in
2005

duration
approx. 8 min. 28 sec.

dedicated to
no dedication

first performance
November 25, 2005
Goethe-Institut Seoul, South-Korea
Ensemble PHORMINX
Carola Schlüter, soprano
Angelika Bender, flute
Thomas Löffler, bass clarinet

publisher (music)
EDITION MEIJERING

publisher (poems)
Munhak-gua Jisong-sa, Seoul (South-Korea)
German translation: Pendragon Verlag Bielefeld 2001, ISBN 3-934872-04-2
Many thanks to Günter Butkus (Pendragon Verlag) who gave Cord Meijering the permission to set the poem by Kim Hyesoon into music.

program notes
This work is part of a work that has been composed by Volker Blumenthaler, Chung Il Ryun and Cord Meijering:

Drei Gesaenge mit Interludien
1. BirnenBlütenRegen - sprano, flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet (Chung)
2. Fallende Blüten - Impressionen- piccolo flute (Blumenthaler)
3. Fremde Farbe- soprano, alto flute, bass clarinet (Blumenthaler)
4. Farbwechsel - clarinet (Meijering)
5. Fluechtige Geister - flute, clarinet (Chung)
6. Gras auf jenem Friedhof - soprano, flute, bass clarinet (Meijering)

poems, word to word translation, explanation about pronounciation: please click here