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"Night of the Flying Horses starts with an Yiddish lullaby that I composed for Sally Potter's film The Man Who Cried, set to function well in counterpoint to another important music theme in the soundtrack: Bizet's Aria Je Crois Entendre Encore, from The Pearl Fishers. In her film Sally explores the fate of Jews and Gypsies in the tragic mid-years of the 20th century, through a love story between a Jewish young woman and a Gypsy young man. The lullaby metamorphoses into a dense and dark doina (a slow, gypsy, rubato genre) featuring the lowest string of the violas. The piece ends in a fast gallop boasting a theme that I stole from my friends of the wild gypsy band Taraf de Haïdouks. The theme is presented here in a canonical chase between two orchestral groups." |
| CATEGORIES | Soloist & Orchestra; Orchestra |
| INSTRUMENTATION | Soprano and Orchestra 2/2/2/2-2/0/0-harp/cel-2 perc-strings
[Also available in orchestra instrumental version.] |
| DURATION | 8'00" |
| WORLD PREMIERE | Minneapolis, MN March 2002 |
| WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMERS | Dawn Upshaw and Minnesota Orchestra, Alan Gilbert, conductor. |
| OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES | NY Premiere: Dawn Upshaw and Orpheus; Carnegie Hall December 12, 2002 |
| COMMISSION | Orchestrations commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra for its 100th anniversary |
| SCORE AVAILABILITY | Score available for sale. Parts available for rental. [more info] |
| TEXTS | Sally Potter |
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