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Asher Hotseti Etkhem (Who Brought You out of the Land)

Composer
Biró Dániel Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Asher Hotseti Etkhem (Who Brought You out of the Land)
Foreign language / English title
Asher Hotseti Etkhem (Who Brought You out of the Land)
Subtitle
For five voices and electronics
Dedication
For the Neue Vocalsolisten
Year of composition
2021
Type
Vocal ensemble
Instrumentation
S., Ms., Ca., Bar., B. - electronics
Duration
16 min
Text
SPINOZA; Christian chant(s); Jewish chant(s); Hebrew Bible
Language
Latin / Hebrew / English / German
Commissioned by
Musik der Jahrhunderte Stuttgart, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
Premiere information
3 February 2021, ECLAT - Festival New Music, Stuttgart; Neue Vocalsolisten: Johanna Vargas (S.), Susanne Leitz-Lorey (Ms.), Truike van der Poel (Ca.), Guillermo Anzorena (Bar.), Andreas Fischer (B.) (Without electonics)
25 June 2022, Intellect of Sound Symposium, Bergen, Norway; SWR Experimentalstudio (Version with live-electronics)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording of the premiere, 2021 - Neue Vocalsolisten: Johanna Vargas (S.), Susanne Leitz-Lorey (Ms.), Truike van der Poel (Ca.), Guillermo Anzorena (Bar.), Andreas Fischer (B.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2020 - 2021

Based on texts from Baruch Spinoza (1632 -1677) and Jewish and Christian chants from Portugal, Beirut and Montréal, was created.