R.E:M!X
for 12 instruments (”vis cu vampiri”)
2013
Ensemble: Fl.,Ob.,Cl.,Bs.,2Perc.,P-no.,2V-lins,V-la,Cello,D.B.
Commission: International Week of New Music Bucharest
Duration: 7 minutes
Premiere: May 2013, International Week of New Music, Icon Arts Ensemble, conductor Gabriel bebeselea, Bucharest National University of Music
Score and parts available from the composer.
Subtitled "vis cu vampiri" (literal translation "dream with vampires"), the piece is an ironic commentary with dadaist twists upon the contemporary pseudo-mythology of the vampire. Much like the historical prince and Romanian legends which were the basis of the creation of Dracula, the musical material is "remix"-ed beyond recognition (a clue for the keen musical detective: it's an iconic Romanian folk song from Transylvania). Bits of the distorted folk song clash with club rhythms and text fragments from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and Cicero's "De finibus dolorum et malorum".