Gesänge der Frühe
composer: Heinz Holliger
author of original text: Friedrich Hölderlin
musical motifs: Robert Schumann
nach Schumann und Hölderlin
für Chor, Orchester und Tonband
Commissioned work: Auftragswerk des Westdeutschen Rundfunks Köln
Premiere: March 4, 1988 Köln, Philharmonie (D) · Conductor: Matthias Bamert · Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester · Kölner Rundfunk-Chor · Choir director: Norbert Brochhagen
Orchestra instrumentation: 4 ( auch 2 Picc., 1 Altfl., 1 Bassfl.) · 2 (2. auch Ob. d'am.) · Engl. Hr. · 4 (4. auch Bassklar. [mit C-Klappe], 3. auch Kb-Klar.) · 3 (3. auch Kfg.) - 5 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Trgl. · Crot. · Gong [tief] · 3 Beck. [sehr hoch/mittel/tief] · 3 Tamt. [mittel/tief/sehr tief] · Tomt. · Bong. · Cong. · gr. Tr. · jap. Tempelgl. · Plattengl. · Röhrengl. · 2 Paar Sandbl. · 2 Ruten · Glsp. · Marimba) (7 Spieler) - Hfe. · Klav. - Str. (14 · 12 · 10 · 8 · 7 [4 m. tiefer H-Saite])
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 28' 0''
Year of composition: 1987
Language: German
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Description
In this work, Heinz Holliger combines the poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin with the music of Robert Schumann. What both artists have in common is their attempt to redefine their relationship with nature, such as in Der Frühling or the piano cycle Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133. The latter was first dedicated by Schumann to Hölderlin’s ideal figure of Diotima which makes the connection between the two even clearer.
What Schumann and Hölderlin also had in common was that their life ended in madness. In Gesänge der Frühe, Holliger reminds of this fact by quoting from Schumann‘s autopsy report, among others. As musical quotations he uses excerpts from various works, including Gesänge der Frühe, the Eb major theme of Geistervariationen and parts from the music of Manfred.
Content
I Der Frühling "Die Sonne kehrt zu neuen Freuden wieder"
II An "Elysium"
III An Diotima "Schönes Leben!"
IV "Geh unter, schöne Sonne..."
Recordings
Romancendres (2009)
Heinz Holliger- Romancendres
- Gesänge der Frühe
- + Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22
Christoph Richter (cello) · Dénes Várjon (piano) · SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart · Radio-Sinfonieorchester Suttgart des SWR · Heinz Holliger (conductor)
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