based on John Dowland’s song ‘If my complaints could passions move’, recording of a live performance (2012): – idea, concept, voice and viola: Dominica Eyckmans – clavichord: Jeroen Malaise – flute: Oriana Dierinck
For “Manto 3” Scelsi added the text of the Sybil, and adds: “The viola player (necessarily female) must also sing” The text is a speech of the Sibyl, the oracle speaks in an un-known language, so it’s up to the listener to ‘understand’ what she is seeing, and telling during her vision …. This is […]
Scelsi was inspired by “Manto”, a Sybil of Delphi, the oracle of the temple of Apollo, getting in trance due to the sulfury damps rising up out of the earth in the temple. “Manto 2” is for viola solo, with scordatura-tuning ‘D (in stead of C)- A (in stead of G) – D – A’
Scelsi was inspired by “Manto”, a Sybil of Delphi, the oracle of the temple of Apollo, getting in trance due to the sulfury damps rising up out of the earth in the temple. “Manto 1” is for viola solo, with scordatura-tuning ‘D (in stead of C)- G – D – A’