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Alexander Zemlinsky's Die Seejungfrau Premieres in New Critical Edition

Jan. 07, 2013

Alexander Zemlinsky's <em>Die Seejungfrau</em> Premieres in New Critical Edition

The Alexander Zemlinsky classic Die Seejungfrau(The Mermaid) sees its world premiere in a new critical edition of the original version by Antony Beaumont on January 27 with the Dresdner Philharmonie, conducted by Markus Poschner. Zemlinsky originally structured the score of The Mermaid in three parts, and in the new critical edition, to be published this year, two versions of Part II appear side by side. The original version, with the rediscovered episode of the sea witch, builds to a wild climax, bordering on hysteria, and disrupts the formal balance of the work. The revised version, on the other hand, passes elegantly over the agony and ecstasy of Andersen’s fairy tale, as if to say, “The rest is silence.”

Learn more on the life and work of Alexander Zemlinsky by visiting www.universaledition.com.

Details on the performance are located at www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de.

Alexander Zemlinsky
Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) (1903)
fantasy in three parts based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
for orchestra
edited by Antony Beaumont
4(1, 2.pic)-2.ca.Eb cl.2. bcl.3-6.3.; 5t4.btba-timp.2perc-2hp-str
45’

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