Nostalgic construction, piquant version for Mezzosoprano, Violin, Tuba, Accordion and Piano - Marek Kopelent

"A nostalgic construction – the two terms put together give full account of the compositional intention and the result that is this piece: for the most part, it turns back to the techniques I used in the 1960s; a time I, looking back over the years with both nostalgia and detachment, remember being pregnant with worldwide effort to seek new ways of musical expression, and that also meant a constant struggle of Czech composers against the phantom of the socialist realism as preached by totalitarian Association of Czechoslovak Composers. The “piquant variant” with the singing voice spices up the composition by adding another up-to-date dimension: the listener will kindly decipher in the fragmented text the passion hidden deep in a woman’s soul; a passion that has found its fruition only in some members of the animal kingdom. However, the piece could just as well play its part for instance in an imaginary feminist festival."