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Some Days
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
texts by Joseph Kariuki, Bloke Modisane and James Baldwin
Détails du produit
Description
The song cycle Some Days combines the jazz-inflected sound of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s music with the no less distinctive utterance of three black African and American poets, Joseph Kariuki, Bloke Modisane and James Baldwin.
The tone of the work is lyrical and intimate, befitting four poems chosen for their theme of loneliness (the third movement, ‘Tango’, is purely instrumental). The orchestral sound, product of an unusual line up of clarinets and bassoons with harp and strings, seems tailored to capture the brooding emotion of the cycle, whether in ironic mode, as in the second song, or the straight transcription of mood as conveyed in the closing blues. Also adding to the elegiac tone are stylistic echoes of Miles Davis, a musician greatly respected by the composer.
By 1989, the year of the work’s composition, Turnage’s skill as a writer for the voice was already well recognised. In contrast, however, to earlier successes as Lament for a Hanging (1983) and his first opera Greek (1988), in which ritual, myth and drama formed the background for vocal expression, Some Days was his first acknowledged essay in song conceived purely as vehicle for personal confession, a role characteristic not only of late-Romantic music, but also of twentieth-century popular-culture.
Dedicated to the memory of Michael Vyner, Some Days was commissioned by the David Cohen Charitable Trust for the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, who gave the first performance with mezzo-soprano Cynthia Clarey and conductor Bernard Haitink at the BBC Proms on 21 July 1991.
Nicholas Williams
The tone of the work is lyrical and intimate, befitting four poems chosen for their theme of loneliness (the third movement, ‘Tango’, is purely instrumental). The orchestral sound, product of an unusual line up of clarinets and bassoons with harp and strings, seems tailored to capture the brooding emotion of the cycle, whether in ironic mode, as in the second song, or the straight transcription of mood as conveyed in the closing blues. Also adding to the elegiac tone are stylistic echoes of Miles Davis, a musician greatly respected by the composer.
By 1989, the year of the work’s composition, Turnage’s skill as a writer for the voice was already well recognised. In contrast, however, to earlier successes as Lament for a Hanging (1983) and his first opera Greek (1988), in which ritual, myth and drama formed the background for vocal expression, Some Days was his first acknowledged essay in song conceived purely as vehicle for personal confession, a role characteristic not only of late-Romantic music, but also of twentieth-century popular-culture.
Dedicated to the memory of Michael Vyner, Some Days was commissioned by the David Cohen Charitable Trust for the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, who gave the first performance with mezzo-soprano Cynthia Clarey and conductor Bernard Haitink at the BBC Proms on 21 July 1991.
Nicholas Williams
Orchestral Cast
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Contenu
I Come Away, my Love
II Lonely
III Tango
IV Some Days
V Blues: Now I am Absolutely Alone, Forever
II Lonely
III Tango
IV Some Days
V Blues: Now I am Absolutely Alone, Forever
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Titre:
Some Days
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
texts by Joseph Kariuki, Bloke Modisane and James Baldwin
Langue:
Anglais
Edition:
Matériel d'exécution
Maison d'édition:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1989
Durée:
15 ′0 ′′
Première:
21 juillet 1991 · London (UK)
Royal Albert Hall
BBC Proms 1991
Cynthia Clarey, mezzo soprano · Musikalische Leitung: Bernard Haitink · Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Royal Albert Hall
BBC Proms 1991
Cynthia Clarey, mezzo soprano · Musikalische Leitung: Bernard Haitink · Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Travaux commandés :
Commissioned by the David Cohen Charitable Trust for the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Série:
Détails techniques
Type de support:
Matériel en location / d'exécution
Numéro du produit:
LSL 4098-01
Fabricant:
Preview/Media Contents
Audio:
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Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
12 janvier 1997 |
Chicago, IL (États-Unis d'Amérique)
Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11 janvier 1997 |
Chicago, IL (États-Unis d'Amérique)
Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
10 janvier 1997 |
Chicago, IL (États-Unis d'Amérique)
Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
9 janvier 1997 |
Chicago, IL (États-Unis d'Amérique)
Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Boston Symphony Orchestra
26 avril 1994 |
Boston, MA (États-Unis d'Amérique) , Symphony Hall
Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Boston Symphony Orchestra
23 avril 1994 |
Boston, MA (États-Unis d'Amérique) , Symphony Hall
Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Boston Symphony Orchestra
22 avril 1994 |
Boston, MA (États-Unis d'Amérique) , Symphony Hall
Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Boston Symphony Orchestra
21 avril 1994 |
Boston, MA (États-Unis d'Amérique) , Symphony Hall — Première nationale
Some Days
Chef d'orchestre: Mike Gibbs
Orchestre: Creative Jazz Orchestra
16 avril 1994 |
Birmingham (Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et Irlande du Nord) , Adrian Boult Hall
Some Days
BBC Proms 1991
Chef d'orchestre: Bernard Haitink
Orchestre: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
21 juillet 1991 |
London (Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et Irlande du Nord) , Royal Albert Hall — Première mondiale
19.30 h
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