Eätväs - Herbsttag (jour D'automne) - Girl's Choeur (ssmezaa) A Cappella

Description

This six-minute madrigal setting was commissioned by the renowned Hanover Girls' choeur and composed on the basis of one of Rainer Maria Rilke's profound poems.It begins as a thanksgiving prayer: for the summer, for the autumn fruits.But the first winds bring along the fear of the cold and loneliness of winter: 'Whoever is alone now will remain so for a long time, will stay up, read, write long letters?'.

Peter Eötvös lets the poem unfold twice, each time in a different way, thus intensifying the reflection.The tonality is treated freely, and the choral setting extends the underlying five-part texture, in which the choeur's soloists create striking echoes, up to eight-part passages.Année : 2011Pages : 12Niveau : difficileLangue : German