Peter Bruun

Miki Alone - Seven songs for a mad woman

Figura Ensemble
Helene Gjerris, mezzo soprano

Peter Bruun, composer

About:
The Danish composer Peter Bruun has won Nordic Councils Music Prize 2008 for his music drama Miki Alone, which was staged at Den Anden Opera in 2002. It's a contemporary music drama about a modern yet mad woman's life in a circus kitchen. The CD recording is now available at Dacapo. It contains the staging's seven songs sung by Helene Gjerris, that kan be heard as a portrayal of the mad woman through her inner thoughts and emotions. The lyrics are by the poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen and accompaniment is by the Figura Ensemble.