作曲者 | Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)・チルコット |
タイトル | Circlesong [Vocal score] |
出版社 | Oxford University Press (OUP)・オクスフォード大学出版 |
楽器編成 | Upper voices, SATB, and piano or 2 pianos & percussion |
楽器編成(詳細) | 1 pno,or 2 pnos and perc (IV) (mar,tbells,tri,wdbl,tam-t,bongs,timp,hi-hat,tom-toms) |
品番 | 9780193540439 |
形状 | 102 ページ・27.9 x 21.6 cm・ソフトカバー |
演奏時間 | 40分 |
出版番号 | 9780193540439 |
ISBN | 9780193540439 |
for upper voices, SATB, and piano, or 2 pianos and percussion (4 players) A work filled with ambition, Circlesong is a musical portrayal of the human life cycle as captured in the indigenous poetry of North America. The thirteen movements mark the different stages of life, from birth and childhood to adulthood, middle age and death.
Introduction, 1. Beauty before me/We wait in the darkness (tutti choirs), Part 1: Birth, 2. Song for Bringing a Child into the World (tutti choirs), 3. Newborn (SATB choir), Part 2: Childhood, 4. Yaqui Song (upper voices), 5. A Child's Song (upper-voice solo), 6. Give me strength (tutti choirs), Part 3: Lover, 7. Chinook Songs (tutti choirs), 8. Over the Wave (SATB choir), Part 4: Adulthood, 9. Summer Song (tutti choirs), Part 5: Middle age, 10. O Great Spirit (SATB choir), Part 6: Old age, 11. In the house made of dawn (tutti choirs), Part 7: Death, 12. Farewell, my brother (upper-voice solo), 13. The sun's beams are running out/We wait in the darkness (tutti choirs)