Don't blame anyone - Concert Suite
INFORMATION
- Subtitle: Concert Suite de la opera poética homónima con marionetas y teatro físico.
- Composer: Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez
- Country: México
- Format/s:
Sextet or more
- Instruments:
Soprano Voice,
Tenor Voice,
Baritone Voice,
Flute (+piccolo +alto flute),
Clarinet (+ bass clarinet),
Alto saxophone (+ soprano saxophone),
2 Percussionists,
Guitar,
Piano,
Violin,
Cello,
Double Bass
- Year of composition: 2017
- Approximate duration: 21
- Description: Through a series of choreographed, interconnected scenes, an author/poet/composer faces the specter of the blank page. Each symbolic vignette explores the birth, growth, and death of an "idea", often ending catastrophically: the author falls into the abyss of the blank page; attempts to put on an impossibly large sweater while perilously climbing a ladder; is devoured by the monster of creative reason; is born out of the monster as a child castrated by self-doubt and censorship. The author is reduced to dust and dies but, all along, the "idea" he has been seeking reveals itself through the imaginative circle that unfurls onstage. We witness the creative product through a process where inspiration is shown as a fundamental human action.
The work of several noted Mexican artists, illustrator/cartoonist José Ignacio Solórzano ("JIS") and poets Raúl Aceves, Jorge Esquinca, and Oliverio Girondo provides the visual and narrative basis of the work. Additional texts and inspiration come from Petrarch, Goya, and Julio Cortázar.
- Commissioned by: Comisionada por el SoundSCAPE Festival.
PREMIERE DATA
- Premiere location: Auditorium Città di Maccagno
- Premiere date: 16/07/2017
MORE INFORMATION
- Location: Contactar al compositor a través de su correo electrónico: carlossg@esm.rochester.edu
- Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz9stkmrJqM
- Additional Information: https://www.carlossg.com/don-t-blame-anyone-concert-suite-20