Mike Svoboda
Once Around the World (2016/17)
– a musical adventure with sights and sounds from far away and long ago
for ensemble, narrator, gramophone and animated film
Manfred Weiss, text
Matthias Daenschel, animation
1. Prologue
2. Introduction: England
3. Europe: Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria
4. Interlude: Europe–Africa
5. Africa: Senegal, Guinea, Togoland, Nigeria, Zanzibar
6. Interlude: Africa–Asia
7. Asia: China, Japan, Bali
8. Interlude: Asia–USA
9. USA: Los Angeles, Dallas, New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville, New York City
10. Return and Epilogue
Duration 1 hour
commissioned by the LUCERNE FESTIVAL
The premiere performance of Once Around the World took place on April 9th, 2017 in Neubad, Luzern, Switzerland, during the LUCERNE FESTIVAL Oster-Festival 2017 performed by the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI with stage direction by Manfred Weiss and dramaturgy by Johannes Fuch
