Unfinished Landscape
(Onvoltooid Landschap)
Belgium, 1914: Edgar, a painter, heads for the front, leaving behind his young wife, Julienne, and a canvas with an unfinished landscape.
YEAR OF COMPOSITION
2014
INSTRUMENTATION
Children’s choir, youth choir, community choir, concert choir, saxophone quartet, percussion (snare drum, djembe, vibraphone), narrator
DURATION
1h 45'
commissioned by
LYRICS
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Lyrics by
Annelies Verbeke (b. 1976), based on the novella of the same name
Language
Dutch, French, English and GermanPREMIÈRE
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Date
20 December 2014 -
Place
Schouwburg Kortrijk (Belgium) -
Choirs
Altra Voce (Kortrijk), Kalliope (Ghent), Pro Ecclesia (Kortrijk), Maria Bernardakoor (Zwevegem), De Arnootjes (Anzegem), Kallikids (Ghent), Japanese School of Brussels, Ensemble Vocapella (Germany), Choeur Sorbonne Universités (France), Landmark Show Choir (England), Maven Sings (The Netherlands) -
Instrumentals
[sic] -
Narrator
Kurt Defrancq -
Conductor
Sabine Haenebalcke
Award
- Unfinished Landscape was one of the nominees for the Sabam Award 2015.
- On 22 November 2015, Unfinished Landscape came in 13th in radio station Klara’s Top 100
SCORE
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Publication
Publication: 10 ‘What if’ and 28 ‘Berceuse’ are available via Koorklank; other movements available upon request -
Movement Titles
Timing & Instrumentation
LINKS
- Interview with Annelies Verbeke and Maarten Van Ingelgem in Stemband #21
- More info: www.onvoltooid-landschap.be
Audio
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CD Recording
Hampstead Heath, 18 March 2017, Keyhof Residence, Huldenberg, by the Brussels Chamber Choir and Helen Cassano (conductor), Etcetera Records KTC 1601 ‘Made in Belgium’ -
iTunes
Hampstead Heath -
Spotify
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Amazon
Hampstead Heath -
CD Recording
Hampstead Heath, 27-30 August 2019, Jesuit Church, Heverlee (Belgium), by the Flemish Radio Choir and Bart Van Reyn (conductor), Evil Penguin EPRC 0033 'Ton Sur Ton' -
SoundCloud
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YouTube
Hampstead Heath, one man choir (Noah Thys)
Hampstead Heath by the Flemish Radio Choir and Bart Van Reyn (conductor)
Le Bébé by Vocaal Ensemble Freya and Gert-Jan Verbueken (conductor)
Promotion clip
Bomen, Wat als... & Nacht by Kalliope and Sabine Haenebalcke (conductor)
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