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My Illness Is the Medicine I Need

Thomas Larcher · 1963– · Austrian
For voice, violin, cello, piano
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
Other ensemble
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Set of pieces
Length
About 14 min
Composed
2002
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Song cycle for soprano, violin, cello and piano

A step before · level 7

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voice, violin, viola, double bass, percussion, harpsichord
Other ensemblevoice, violin, viola, double bass, percussion, harpsichord
8 min
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Upon Silence
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voice, 5 violas da gamba
Other ensemblevoice, 5 violas da gamba
10 min
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Upon Silence (version for mezzo-soprano and seven strings)
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voice, 2 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses
Other ensemblevoice, 2 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses
10 min
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Meditation on the Bach Chorale ("Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit")
Sofia Gubaidulina
2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord
Other ensemble2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord
12 min
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7balanced

A step after · level 9

…pas à pas – nulle part…, Op. 36
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voice, violin, viola, cello, percussion
Other ensemblevoice, violin, viola, cello, percussion
30 min
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The Sirens Cycle
Péter Eötvös
voice, 2 violins, viola, cello
Other ensemblevoice, 2 violins, viola, cello
37 min
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9balanced
Perception
Sofia Gubaidulina
2 voices, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass, electronics
Other ensemble2 voices, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass, electronics
49 min
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9balanced
Unrevealed
Aribert Reimann
voice, 2 violins, viola, cello
Other ensemblevoice, 2 violins, viola, cello
38 min
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9balanced