Unsuk Chin - Puzzles and Games from "Alice in Wonderland" (2007/2017)

00:00 1. Alice - Acrostic. Bright, open timbres color a folksy soprano melody 02:26 2. If I Never Reach the Garden. A sneaking, pointillist theme and fleeting woodwind runs enclose a whimsically sentimental soprano melody 03:58 3. What a Curious Feeling. Piercing sul pont string and woodwind chords slide nauseatingly around the sprechstimme 04:47 4. Curiouser, Curiouser. The sneaky theme of 2 returns, now more active. The piercing glisses of before build into an fff climax 06:27 5. Who in the World Am I? Development of the sneaky theme, gradually gaining more texture and energy (7:47) 09:15 6. The Tale-Tail of the Mouse. A grotesque harpsichord solo accompanies the campily horrific mouse (10:10) Disorienting wind textures 11:15 7. Sleep Tight, My Ugly Baby. (11:48) A sweet lullaby corrupted by distorted string textures (13:18) 13:39 8. Cat's Aria. Vertigo-inducing woodwind falls and dizzying string glissando (15:28) Luminous string and percussion textures blend amazingly with the extreme high registers of the soprano 17:01 9. Overture. A crazed version of a classic overture (19:10) eventually overflowing with madness 19:46 10. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Initially sweet and bright, gradually becoming more wild and crazed (21:57) with a celestially bright ending, however 22:12 11. Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy. A rough and strongly rhythmic final song, (23:27) becomes ever more chaotic Score available from Boosey and Hawkes: https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Unsuk... Composer: Unsuk Chin (진은숙 Chin Unsuk) (July 14, 1961 –) Librettist: Unsuk Chin with David Henry Hwang Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice conducted by Tito Ceccherini Soprano: Siobhan Stagg Puzzles and Games is a set of songs arranged from Chin's first opera Alice in Wonderland. Chin's second opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes is premiering today! How I make my videos: https://github.com/CMajSeven/Workflow... Program I develop for this channel: https://github.com/edwardx999/ScorePr...