Gesänge der Frühe

nach Schumann und Hölderlin

für Chor, Orchester und Tonband

choir, orchestra and tape

Branded with mental disease as a mark of Cain, Robert Schumann was and is more than any other composer marked out for misunderstanding. On the one hand some works of the early and middle period are praised to the skies, on the other hand the more unadorned and concentrated late works are covered with a cloak of silence. Heinz Holliger

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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.

Orchestral Cast

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])

Content

I Der Frühling "Die Sonne kehrt zu neuen Freuden wieder"
II An "Elysium..."
III An Diotima "Schönes Leben!"
IV "Geh unter, schöne Sonne..."

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Title:

Gesänge der Frühe

nach Schumann und Hölderlin

für Chor, Orchester und Tonband

Language:

German

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

1987

Duration:

28 ′

World Premiere:

March 4, 1988 · Köln (D)
Philharmonie
Conductor: Matthias Bamert · Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester · Kölner Rundfunk-Chor · Choir director: Norbert Brochhagen

Commissioned work :

Auftragswerk des Westdeutschen Rundfunks Köln