KOMA
composer: Christian Jost
text writer: Sappho
Lyric Scenes on Fragments by Sappho
Premiere: November 10, 2002 Bern, Hotel Bellevue Palace (CH) · Stella Doufexis, Mezzosopran; Axel Bauni, Klavier
Instrumentation: Mezzosoprano and piano
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 14' 0''
Year of composition: 2002
Difficulty: difficult
Edition: Register: mezzo-soprano
Language: Greek
26 Pages
ISMN: 979-0-001-13517-7
Order number: ED 9634
including VAT and plus delivery
Recommended titles
Description
The Greek poetess Sappho wrote her poems, which have survived in fragmentary form, in exile in Sicily in about 600 BC. Full of natural intensity and liveliness, her verses revolve around the conditions of a human existence that is bittersweet. Her credo is: “the most beautiful thing is that which one loves”.
Christian Jost has captured the mood of these words in lyrical scenes for mezzosoprano and piano. The singing voice follows the shape of Sappho’s words in the classical Greek with sensitive phrasing, while the piano creates expressively dramatic structures of sound.
Recordings
Sketches from Greece (2007)
Christian Jost- KΩMA - Lyrische Szene nach Fragmenten der Sappho
- + various composers
Stella Doufexis (mezzosoprano) · Axel Bauni (piano)
COVIELLO CLASSICS
COV 40613
Order placement (partner shop)
Basket
Nearest vendors
Advanced Search
Help
Further questions?
Have a look at our help section for answers to the most frequently asked questions.
Newsletter