Kafka Shorts
Kafka Shorts
string quartet and 2 actors
Kafka Shorts for string quartet and 2 actors is performed in an English translation/adaptation by the composer of Kafka's original texts.
German titles of the Kafka stories used in Kafka Shorts:
Der Ausflug ins Gebirge
Die Vorüberlaufenden
Der Nachhauseweg
Der Geier
Nachts
Von den Gleichnissen
Die Brücke
Gibs auf
Kafka Shorts (about 35 minutes) may be performed with staging. Or it may be performed in a traditional chamber music setting, with the actors at music stands. The script is available in two versions, --with music cues for actors able to read music, and another with arrow cues only.
Movements: Meditation I, 1. The Way Home, Meditation II, 2. In the Night, Meditation III, 3. The Vulture, Meditation IV, 4. The Excursion in the Mountains, Meditation V, 5. The Runners, Meditation VI, 6. The Bridge, Meditation VII, 7. Give it Up!, 8. About Parables
Authored (or revised): 2013
Text source: Text by the composer, Raymond Luedeke. Adapted from the original German of Franz Kafka.
Duration (minutes): 35
Book format: Full score + 2 scripts + 4 parts
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