Thomas Kessler
Is it?
for soprano and soprano saxophone (clarinet in Bb) on a text by John Cage
Thomas Kessler
Is it?
for soprano and soprano saxophone (clarinet in Bb) on a text by John Cage
- Instrumentation Vocals (high) and Soprano Saxophone
- Optional Instrumentation Vocals (high) and Clarinet
- Composer Thomas Kessler
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Set of Parts
- Publisher Bote & Bock
- Order no. BB3889
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Description:
The seven-minute composition is based on an English text by John Cage: a quasi-musical calculated succession of 56 short basic questions about music. Singer and instrument have to perform various vocal, playing and breathing techniques, mostly in parallel motion. Their performance develops from a kind of ritual to free expression, with the piece itself becoming an answer to what the text wants to know – at least in parts: 'Is it high? Is it low? Is it loud? Is it a plane? Is it music? Why?'