ALIAS - Mozart aka Rossini
(2004) 45' / for trombone (also naration), percussion, tape, and string orchestra
mostly after themes von G. Rossini but with a trace of Mozart
text: Manfred Weiß
premiere: January 2005, Pforzheim; Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, Mike Svoboda (tbn), Sebastian Tewinkel (cond.)
commission: Southwest German Chamber Orchestra
view score on issuu
with the individual works
secret pinch of (2004) 5'
- text: Manfred Weiss
- for trombone (also naration) and percussion
Sinfonia (2004) 8'
- based on themes from G. Rossini and a motive by Mozart
- text: Manfred Weiss
- for trombone (also naration), percussion, and string orchestra
secret place at (2004) 5'
- text: Manfred Weiss
- for trombone, percussion, tape, 4 vln, 2 vc, 1 db
Cavatina Rosina (2004) 10'
- from Gioacchino Rossini, arranged by Svoboda
- for trombone, percussion, and string orchestra
secret pact between (2004) 5'
- Text: Manfred Weiss
- for trombone, percussion, tape, 5 vln, 3 vla
Figaro, Figaro (2004) 12'
- based on a theme by G. Rossini
- for trombone (also naration), percussion, tape, and string orchestra
Instrumentation
solo trombone (tenor and alto trombone)percussion (1 player) with:
- 1 box of partially filled with matches , 1 candel, 1 large kitchen knife, 1 knife sharpener, 1 medium sized pot, 1 frying pan, 1 small sauce pan, 1 large cast-iron pot, 4 pot lids, 1 pepper grinder, 2 salt shakers, 4 wine glasses, 6 plates to be broken, 1 metal cocktail-mixer, 1 cork screw, 1 egg cutter with metal wires, 1 metal hand operated mixer, 1 metal mixing bowl, 1 watering can half-filled with water, 1 cheese grinder, 1 electric mixer, 1 grater, 1 vegetable peeler, 1 vergetable brush, 6 potatoes (to be washed), 2 large carots to be peeled, 6 eggs o be cracked open, 10 hasel nuts or equivelent, 1 bottel of wine to be corked open, 1 garbage can, rather large to throw some of the above in, 1 sheet of paper to make a crackling noise, 1 Toy Piano range c bis c‘‘ - sounding an octave higher, 1 small triangle, 1 pair of medium large concert cymbles á due, 2 massive objects such as mini-anvil, 1 bass drum with foot pedal from drum-set, 1 rcd or mp3 player -