Die Insel der Toten für Ensemble (su due quadri di Arnold Böcklin) (1999)
...disiecta membra...sono ciò che resta di ogni poeta, di ogni uomo (Fernando Pessoa) (disiecta membra...is what remains of every poet, of every man...)
Musical form: chamber music - ensemble (13 instruments)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, bassoon, tam tam, suspended cymbal, vibes, Glockenspiel, rolling drum, triangle, piano, viola, cello, double bass
Duration: 12'
Year init.: 1999
Iconographic sources: Arnold Böcklin, Die Insel der Toten (The Isle of the Dead) (1883), Kunstmuseum Basel; Der Krieg (The War-Angel of Death (1896), Kunsthaus Zürich (see attachment)
Recordings: CD - TauKay Ensemble, Udine 2000
Premiere: Udine Contemporanea 1999
TauKay Ensemble, Paolo Longo conductor
SIAE: 993340738-00