8. Sinfonie

Name: 8. Sinfonie
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 212892
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Lieder der Vergänglichkeit for three soloists (SMezBar), mixed choir and orchestra

based on poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Achim von Arnim, Joseph von Eichendorff, Karl Kraus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hans Bethge, Hermann Hesse und Bertolt Brecht

Soloists, Choir and Orchestra

Edition: Performance material

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The form of this work is not so much based on the classical symphony, but is closer to a song cycle structure which has now grown to include 13 movements for choir and orchestra. The Romantic characteristics and form of the 8th Symphony are both reminiscent of Gustav Mahler’s choral symphonic works and his Lied von der Erde. Krzysztof Penderecki here extends and augments his expressive musical material, for example through cluster techniques and glissandi, possibilities which he has been systematically exploring since the 1950s. He has compiled the texts from poetry by Eichendorff, Rilke, Brecht, Kraus, Hesse, Goethe, Bethge and von Arnim on the theme of ’forests and trees’, which has long been close to his heart as demonstrated by his private arboretum near Luslavice (’my personal Ithaca’) containing over 1500 species of trees.

Orchestral Cast

3 (1. auch Bambusfl. ad lib., 2. auch Altfl., 3. auch Picc.) · 2 · Engl. Hr. · 3 (1. und 2. auch in A, 3. auch in Es und Bassklar.) · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Marimba · Röhrengl. · Kirchengl. · Trgl.-baum · Schellenbaum · Crot. · Beckenpaar · 4 hg. Beck. · 2 Tamt. · Schellentr. · Mil. Tr. · gr. Tr. m. Beck.) (4 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. - Str. -
Im Saal: Basstrp.

Content

I Nachts (Joseph von Eichendorff) - II Ende des Herbstes (Rainer Maria Rilke)
III Der brennende Baum (Bertolt Brecht)
IV Bei einer Linde (Joseph von Eichendorff)
V Flieder (Karl Kraus) - VI Frühlingsnacht (Hermann Hesse) - VII Sag’ ich’s euch, geliebte Bäume? (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) - VIII Im Nebel (Hermann Hesse)
IX Der Blütengarten (Hans Bethge) - X Abschied (Joseph von Eichendorff)
XI Vergänglichkeit (Hermann Hesse) - XII Herbsttag (Rainer Maria Rilke) - XIII O grüner Baum des Lebens (Achim von Arnim)

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Title:

8. Sinfonie

Lieder der Vergänglichkeit for three soloists (SMezBar), mixed choir and orchestra

based on poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Achim von Arnim, Joseph von Eichendorff, Karl Kraus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hans Bethge, Hermann Hesse und Bertolt Brecht

Erweiterte Fassung 2007

Language:

German

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2004 - 2005 (2007)

Duration:

55 ′

World Premiere:

June 26, 2005 · Luxembourg (L)
Salle de Concerts Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte
Olga Pasichnyk, soprano; Agnieszka Rehlis, mezzo soprano; Wojciech Drabowicz, baritone · Conductor: Bramwell Tovey · Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg · EuropaChorAkademie · Choir director: Joshard Daus

October 24, 2007 · Beijing (CN)
Beijing Music Festival 2007
Olga Pasichnyk, soprano; Agnieszka Rehlis, mezzo-soprano; Vytautas Juozapaitis, baritone · Conductor: Krzysztof Penderecki · China Philharmonic Orchestra · EuropaChorAkademie · Choir director: Joshard Daus

World Premiere (Revision) (world première of the expanded version)

Commissioned work :

Auftragswerk des Luxemburgischen Kultusministeriums zur Eröffnung des neuen Konzertsaales · Erweiterte Fassung: Commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival Arts Foundation for the 10th Anniversary of Beijing Music Festival