Jeff Hamburg

Duration: Approx. 5 minutes
Composed at the request of Judith Mok

Scoring

Soprano

String Orchestra

Score in C

Composed for a screen test for the film "Hoffman's Hunger".

First performanced by Rebecca Martin and the Fränkisches Kammerorchester conducted by Bernd Müller on June 24, 2006 in the Rathaussaal, Berg, Germany

Text Source

From R.M. Rilke

Der Tod ist gross
Wir sind die Seinen
Lachenden Munds,
Wenn wir uns mitten im Leben meinen,
Wagt er zu weinen
Mitten in uns.