Tattar...Rattat... The Prize of Honor & Elisabeth Hetherington

Orchestra the Prize of Honor and Elisabeth Hetherington.

"tattar...rattat" is a palindrome, and somehow the leap from Baroque to contemporary and back can also be seen as a palindrome. It comes from James Joyce and essentially means "knocking on the door." Like knocking on the door to somehow wake us up. The threads of old music can be found when you pull apart even the most avant-garde styles of music. This is where we find ourselves: exploring how time, past and present can merge into one entity.

"tattar...rattat" is part of a cycle of pieces that Andys Skordis composed especially for soprano Elisabeth Hetherington and Orchestra The Prize of Honor. The 17th century air de cour would serve as a thread between one scene and the next. "tattar...rattat" is a ritual in which Elisabeth Hetherington guides us through the different stages of the ritual.