Work Information
Rolf Wallin : Drei Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke (ensemble version)
| Work Notes |
versions also available for medium or high voice and piano |
Publisher |
Chester Music Ltd |
| Category |
Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players) |
Year Composed |
2007 |
| Duration |
11 Minutes |
Solo Voice(s) |
soprano |
| Orchestration |
1(pic)111/1110/perc/pf/str(1.1.1.1.1) |
Languages |
German |
| Availability |
Hire Explain this... |
Discography |
Here... |
Programme Note
These three poems were written between 1900 and 1908, and they are very different in terms of form, subject matter, and atmosphere. Liebes-Lied is about a strong but painful love, Buddha in der Glorie, a description of religious ecstasy, quite unusual in the works of Rilke, and Sluss-stück, about death, which exists in the midst of us, in the middle of life.
The work with the songs was a part of a process that occupied me a lot for a period. Is it possible to approach the melodic element in a new way, after many years of letting it live in the shadows of other musical elements, such as rhythm, timbre and form? This is a possible solution.
|
|
|
|