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Author Birtwistle, Harrison, composer, author, interviewee

Title Songs 1970-2006 / Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Published London : Toccata Classics, [2015]
℗2015

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Description 1 online resource (1 audio file)
Contents Nenia : the death of Orpheus : (1970) (12:45) -- Orpheus elegies : (2004) (12:09) -- Fantasia III (1996) (1:51) -- Nine settings of Lorine Niedecker : (2000) (10:30) -- Frieze I : (1991) (3:50) -- Lullaby (2006) (1:50) -- Songs by myself : (1984) (7:49) -- Interview (3:09) -- Cantus iambeus : (2004) (6:20)
Notes The 1st work for soprano with instrumental ensemble; 2nd work for countertenor, oboe, and harp; 3rd and 5th works for 2 violins, viola and cello; 4th work for soprano and cello; 6th work for 2 sopranos; 7th work for soprano with flute (doubling alto flute), vibraphone, piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass; 8th work for instrumental ensemble
Includes interview with the composer by Stephan Meier
Texts by Peter Zinovieff (1st work), Rainer Maria Rilke (2nd work), Lorine Niedecker (4th work), Martin Luther (translated by James, John, and Robert Wedderburn) (6th work), and the composer (7th work)
Performer Alice Rossi (1st, 7th works), Sophia Körber (4th, 6th works), Sarah Lewark (6th work), sopranos ; Johannes Euler, countertenor (2nd work) ; Doga Sacilik, oboe (2nd work) ; Jasmin-Isabel Kühne, harp (2nd work) ; Aram Yagubian, cello (4th work) ; Kuss Quartet (3rd, 5th works) ; Neue Ensemble (1st, 7th-8th works) ; Stefan Asbury (conductor, 1st, 7th-8th works)
Event 2nd, 4th and 6th works, and interview recorded live 2014 October 25 Kleiner Sendesaal im NDR Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen, Hannover, Germany
1st, 7th-8th works recorded live 2014 October 26 Orangerie Herrenhausen, Hannover, Germany
Notes Vocal works sung in English and German (2nd work); interview spoken in English
Hard copy version record
Subject Birtwistle, Harrison -- Interviews
Zinovieff, Peter -- Musical settings
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 -- Musical settings
Niedecker, Lorine -- Musical settings
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 -- Musical settings
SUBJECT Birtwistle, Harrison fast
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 fast
Niedecker, Lorine fast
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 fast
Zinovieff, Peter fast
Subject Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
String quartets.
Songs (High voice) with cello.
Vocal duets, Unaccompanied.
Instrumental ensembles.
Instrumental ensembles
Songs (High voice) with cello
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
String quartets
Vocal duets, Unaccompanied
Genre/Form Streaming audio
interviews.
Interviews
Musical settings
Interviews.
Musical settings.
Interviews.
Mises en musique.
Form Streaming audio
Author Zinovieff, Peter, author
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926, author
Niedecker, Lorine, author
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, author
Meier, Stephan, 1966- interviewer
Rossi, Alice, 1992- singer
Körber, Sophia, singer
Lewark, Sarah, singer
Euler, Johannes, 1989- singer
Sacilik, Doga, 1994- instrumentalist
Kühne, Jasmin-Isabel, instrumentalist
Yagubian, Aram, instrumentalist
Asbury, Stefan, conductor
Container of (work): Birtwistle, Harrison. Nenia
Container of (work): Birtwistle, Harrison. Orpheus elegies
Container of (work): Birtwistle, Harrison. Movements, violins (2), viola, cello. Fantasia, no. 3
Container of (work): Birtwistle, Harrison. Settings of Lorine Niedecker
Container of (work): Birtwistle, Harrison. Movements, violins (2), viola, cello. Frieze, no. 1
Container of (work): Birtwistle, Harrison. Lullaby, women's voices
Container of (work): Birtwistle, Harrison. Songs by myself
Container of (work): Birtwistle, Harrison. Cantus iambeus
Neue Ensemble, instrumentalist
Kuss Quartett, instrumentalist
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