Thousand Dead Bodies Under My Bed, All Cloaked with the Breath of the Living

for three simultaneous* chamber ensembles (2021)

*simultaneous works are compositions consisting of autonomous discourses, the components of which can be performed together and as stand-alone works. Stand-alone works, referred to as seeds, are listed below.

commissioned by the Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW for the 75th WDR Series
premiered by the Ensemble Musikfabrik at the WDR Funkhaus, July 10, 2021

conducted by Aaron Cassidy

Seed I (embedded in Seed III):
Helen Bledsoe, piccolo and alto flutes
Kristien Ceuppens, oboe and english horn
Carl Rosman, Bb clarinet and bass clarinet
James Aylward, bassoon and contrabassoon
Rie Watanabe, percussion
Benjamin Kobler, piano
Hannah Weirich, violin
Laura Hovestadt, viola
Thomas Schmitz, cello

Seed II (embedded in Seed III):
Rie Watanabe, percussion
Benjamin Kobler, piano
Hannah Weirich, violin
Laura Hovestadt, viola
Thomas Schmitz, cello

Seed III:
Helen Bledsoe, piccolo and alto flutes
Kristien Ceuppens, oboe and english horn
Carl Rosman, Bb clarinet and bass clarinet
James Aylward, bassoon and contrabassoon
Rie Watanabe, percussion
Marco Blaauw, piccolo trumpet and double-bell trumpet
Nathan Plante, piccolo trumpet and double-bell trumpet
Christine Chapman, double-bell horn
Bruce Collins, double-bell trombone
Melvyn Poore, double-bell euphonium in Bb
Benjamin Kobler, piano
Hannah Weirich, violin
Laura Hovestadt, viola
Thomas Schmitz, cello

score published by Edition Gravis

• About the work

  Documentary about the work produced by Ensemble Musikfabrik (YouTube)
  
  Turgut Erçetin, composer/interview
  Carl Rosman, clarinet/interview
  Aaron Cassidy, conductor
  
  Hans Fahr, video/editing
  Commissioned by Kunststiftung NRW and Ensemble Musikfabrik
  
  image credit: Photograph by Félix Bonfils, 1875

• Seed I, as a stand-alone work

  for ensemble:

  flute
  oboe
  clarinet
  bassoon
  percussion
  piano
  violin
  viola
  cello

• Seed II, as a stand-alone work

  for ensemble:

  piano
  percussion
  violin
  viola
  cello

• Seed III, as a stand-alone work

  for large ensemble:

  flute
  oboe
  clarinet
  bassoon
  percussion
  piano
  violin
  viola
  cello
  double-bell brass quartet

• Recordings

  Audio (SoundCloud)
  
  This work is also featured on Turgut Erçetin's second portrait CD, in-between (WER 6446 2).

• Related research and publications

  For research, see research and the related 3D animations:

  • Re-imaging the acoustics of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

  Publications:

  • Related monograph That which lies beyond enclosure is forthcoming. More information coming soon.

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