"Yellow Sound", scenic composition
For pantomime, ensemble, soprano and mixed choir (1974)
Libretto V. Kandinsky
in 6 pictures
The ensemble of soloists of the Bolshoi Theater:
Nelli Lee (soprano)
Eduard Butchers (Clarinet)
Vyacheslav Prokopov (Pipe)
Anatoly Skobelev (Trombone)
Rimma Stepathan (violin)
Valery Barzalkin (double bass)
Alexander Buchholz (electric guitar)
Chapel Vera (Piano, Chelesta)
Tamara Lazareva (Piano, Organ)
Viktor Grishin (drums)
Nikolay Grishin (drums)
Alexander Lazarev (conductor)
"Wooden choir": Irina Pashninskaya, Alexander Golyshev, Sergey Burduukov, Igor Boguslavsky, Alexander Ivashkin
Moscow, Philharmonic, concert hall them. P. I. Tchaikovsky, January 6, 1984
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Introduction
Several uncertain chords. Curtain. The dark-blue twilight, first whisked, then becoming intense dark blue. After some time, a light appears in the depths of the scene, which as the color deployed becomes more transparent. After some time, music arises.
Because of the scene, voices are heard, their performers must be placed so that the listener cannot establish a sound source. Voices are measured, impassable, with interrupts, designated points: "Stall-rigid dreams ... and talking rocks ... Blinds of riddles of commercial questions ... Melting stones ... The movement of the sky ... The growing swelling of the invisible shaft ... tears and laughter ... in curses of prayer ... the joy of the unity and the Black Battle ... Gloomy light ... in the sunshine day ... (quickly and suddenly hiding) a sharply glowing shadow in the darkest night. "
Light disappears. Suddenly it becomes dark. Then musical introduction.
Picture 1.
The scene should be as permissible. HA in the background is a wide green hill. The hill is smooth, matte, blue, fairly deep tone curtain. Soon the music begins, initially in high tone, directly and quickly turning into a lower one. At the same time, the backdrop becomes dark blue (simultaneously with music) and gets a wide black framing. Because of the scene, singing without words ("A-e-oh-e-oh-a-and-oh-oh-oh-oh-and"), sounding impassively, wooden and mechanical . At the end of singing, the universal pause - no movement, no sound. Then darkness.
Later, the same scene is covered. On the right left, five possibly greater growth of the giants (it's like a passion directly above the earth). They stay in a depth one after another - who lifting, who lowered the shoulders low. Their amazing yellow faces are barely distinguishable. They very slowly turn their heads to each other and produce simple movements with their hands. Music acquires definition.
Soon there is singing without the words of the giants (Pianissimo), and they are very slowly approaching the ramp. From left to right, a red creature is quickly flying quickly, a somewhat resembling a bird, with a big head, removed similar to human. Giant continue to sing all quieter. At the same time, they lose both the sharpness of the outlines.
In the background slowly grows the hill, becoming very lighter. The sky becomes completely black. Because of the scene, the same wooden chorus comes. Singing giants no longer heard. Advance is becoming still blue and increasingly imperishable. The ensemble struggles with the choir and wins it. Tight blue fog makes the whole scene uneasy.
Picture 2.
Blue fog gradually inferior to the light - perfect and bright white. In the depths of the scene, the bright green hill is possible larger, absolutely round. Purple backdrop, light enough. Music crying, stormy. These individual sounds are finally absorbed by loud info. Suddenly the complete silence comes.
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