Sir Harrison Birtwistle
The Fields of Sorrow
Short instrumentation: fl(3), c.a(3), bass cl(3), bsn(3), hn, vib, pno(2)
Duration: 9'
Übersetzer: Helen Waddell
Text von: Decimius Magnus Ausonius
Choir: SATB
Solos:
soprano
Instrumentation details:
3 fl, 3 c.a, 3 bass cl(Bb), 3 bs, hr, vib, 2 pno
Birtwistle - The Fields of Sorrow for 2 sopranos, 8-part choir and instruments
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Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Birtwistle: The Fields of Sorrow for 2 soprano soloists, double satb choir and instrumentsOrchestration: for 2 soprano soloists, double satb choir and instruments
Type: Partitur
Language: Lateinisch
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Work introduction
This work is a setting of a Latin poem by Decimus Ausonius (310-393). It has the atmosphere of an ancient ritual, its sound dominated by two pianos. The onstage positioning is important; the winds sit in front of the conductor, the two pianos and the vibraphone behind them, the mixed chorus is upstage and the two sopranos stand separate at the very back.