Available now on all platforms, with limited edition high definition vinyl double lp and cd also be available through disquiet media and bandcamp. The book of disquiet uk premiere wednesday 24 and thursday 25 february the coronet theatre when portuguese poet fernando pessoa died in 1935 he. Succeeding performances will be held on friday, jan. A unique voice, he combines composition with film and stage. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. Johannes martin kranzle, matthias klink, and mojca erdmann all had total command of the extremely difficult score. A kaleidoscopic concept album centred around the theme of infinity. Narrative, music, electronics and video are combined in a thoughtprovoking performance, conducted by joana caneiro. Excellent 21stcentury operas with videos either available. Published by his friends in 1961, it contains pessoas reflections beginning in 1912 at the age of twentyfour as he anticipated world war i.
It was assembled from loose sheets of paper, found in a box trunk on his death. A unique voice, he combines composition with film and stage direction, and script writing. The book of disquiet is a journal by portuguese author fernando pessoa. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Robert wilson to bring krapps last tape to montclair. Staging, film and music are interwoven into a collage of transparent layers, resulting in works that are partdocumentary, partphilosophy. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Since the book was published posthumously, its content within various editions is arranged in different orders.
His repertoire also includes concert works and chamber music for small ensemble, soloists, and soundtrack. The book of disquiet starred offas a kind of postsymbolist,li. But more than this fictitious alter egos tlirrly, it. Pessoa himself called the book a factless autobiography, one which he had compiled throughout his lifetime. The book of disquiet 2008, music theatre, for actor, ensemble, soundtrack and film. He has directed both the filmed and staged elements of all of these works. A performance based on the writings of fernando pessao. Notable among these are the operas blank out 2016 and sunken garden 2012, as well as a music theater work based on portuguese writer fernando pessoas the book of. Joana carneiro gulbenkian orchestra gulbenkian music. Im really looking forward to this premiere in montclair, said van. The innovative aspect of these operas is their use of film images and sampled soundtracks as an essential element of the. Translations also vary a great deal, so which edition one reads really matters.
The innovative aspect of these operas is their use of film images and sampled soundtracks as an essential element of the score. Unique musictheaterfilm piece the book of disquiet. Available now on all platforms, with limited edition high definition vinyl double lp and cd also be. Pessoa wrote the book mainly for himself under the pseudonym bernardo soares, and it was not published until nearly half a century after he died in 1935. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Oestriech to write, memorable it will be, for its very strangeness.
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