作曲者 | René Staar (b. 1951) |
タイトル | Einst in kalter Wintersnacht op. 22 / o.bis(ピアノ・リダクション) |
出版社 | Verlagsgruppe Hermann |
楽器編成 | soprano, speakers and chamber ensemble |
品番 | 979-0-2066-6133-4 |
演奏時間 | 5' 30" |
出版番号 | VGH 2350-22 |
ISMN | 979-0-2066-6133-4 |
The poem Раз в крещенский вечерок [Once upon Epiph'ny Eve] by Pushkin’s contemporary Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783–1852) refers to the post-Christmas custom of young girls wishing to interpret their future from various signs. One finds here, as in so many church rituals, a mixture of Christian tradition and superstitious pagan cult. Traditions of Russian Orthodox liturgical singing blend together with the fairy-tale character (with its indication “magically fragrant”) and perspectives of new music in the 20th and 21st century. Written for Ensemble Wiener Collage’s Christmas concert in 2016.