Jan Kopp: Limits of Responsibility

Jan Kopp (*1971)

Limits of Responsibility

for six voices and three instruments

Based on L. Heintzen, ‘Allegory of My Illness’ and ‘Description of My Illness - Explanations of the Sketch “Allegory of My Illness”’ (Prinzhorn Collection, Heidelberg University Hospital)

Composition commissioned by KlangForum Heidelberg 2006,

premiere Heidelberg 2006,

premiere of the revised version Heidelberg 2007,

first recording 2007 - provisional new version with text projection instead of the letters originally used on signs (shown by the singers), 2020 -

SCHOLA HEIDELBERG & ensemble aisthesis:

Carola Keil, soprano
Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano
Susanne Otto, alto
Sebastian Hübner, tenor
Erik Sohn, baritone
Martin Backhaus, bass

Brigitte Sauer, flute
Udo Grimm, clarinet
Boris Müller, percussion

Conductor: Walter Nußbaum