The Tedious Way to the Place of Natascha Ungeheuer
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Poem by Gastón Salvatore (English by Christopher Keene)
Year of composition 1971
Duration 55 minutes
I. Planimetry
II. Attempts at molestation
III. The veiled messengers
IV. The listless spy
V. Introduction to the difficult bourgeoisie
VI. Attempted return to the bourgeoisie
VII. –
VIII. German song
IX. Geodesy
X. Speech practise (song under the gallows)
XI. Metapenthis
Commissioned by the European Broadcasting Union
World premiere
World premiere May 17th, 1971
Rom · Teatro Olimpico (RAI)
Baritone William Pearson
Percussion Stomu Yamash'ta
Hammond organ Giuseppe Agostini
The Fires of London
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Gunther Hampel Free Jazz Group
Conductor Hans Werner Henze
The tape was produced in the studios of the TU (Technische Universität) Berlin
Sound engineer Rüdiger Rufer
Assistant Rainer Esche
Voices on the German tape
Dieter Schidor
Gastón Salvatore
Hans Werner Henze
Elfriede Irral
Comment
Natascha Ungeheuer exists. She lives in Kreuzberg (Berlin). With the character from this work, she has nothing in common but the name which Gastón Salvatore once came across by chance and used merely as a metaphor bearing no relationship to the person thus named. The percussionist works primarily within a wrecked car. The player may make his own selection of instruments and may also install percussion into the structure of the wrecked car. The percussive material which should be retrieved from the wreck (and the extra pieces) will consist of steel, aluminium, rubber, wood, glass and skin.
Hans Werner Henze
Cast
| Vocalista | baritono – recita parlando cantando e servendosi dello sprechgesang schoenberghiano |
| Percussionista | materiali diversi Timpani Flessatono Armonica a bocca Armonica (o Armonetta) [per 1] |
Instrumentation
Quintetto con Pianoforte
| 1 Flauto | anche Ottavino |
| 1 Clarinetto | anche Clarinetto piccolo e Clarinetto basso |
| 1 Violino | anche Violino con microfono a contatto e Viola |
| 1 Violoncello | anche Violoncello con microfono di contatto |
| Pianoforte |
Quintetto di fiati
| 1 Corno | |
| 2 Trombe | |
| 1 Trombone | |
| 1 Tuba tenore |
Complesso jazz
| 1 Clarinetto basso | anche Flauto, Ocarina Vibrafono e Batteria piccola |
| 1 Sassofono in varie accordature | anche Clarinetti in varie accordature |
| 1 Trombone | |
| 1 Contrabbasso | |
| Organo hammond | |
| Nastro magnetico stereo | anche piccoli amplificatori per alcuni strumenti |
| 2 Altoparlanti |