Heinz Holliger (b. 1939)

Lunea

23 sentences by Nikolaus Lenau

Voice (baritone), piano

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Details
For
Voice (baritone), piano
Product Type
Score
Author / Composer
Heinz Holliger
Product number
660203
Difficulty Level
5
Languages
german
Description

The subtitle of this work dedicated to Christian Gerhaher, '23 sentences by Nikolaus Lenau', should be taken literally: some of the texts in Heinz Holliger’s setting consist of only a few words. With relentless focus on essential elements, the texts are a distillation of the sensation which has been recorded in literary history as 'world-weariness'. Holliger reflects this concentrated emotion, presenting the singer and pianist with the highest level of technical demands within an extremely limit...

Content
  • I Wirf, o Thor
  • II Die Jahre flogen
  • III Die Himmelsschlange
  • IV Ich will
  • V Weit
  • VI Dein Blick
  • VII Transsubstantiatio
  • VIII Der Mensch
  • IX Ich habe
  • X Serenum
  • XI Der Eisenhammer
  • XII Ein Tropfen
  • XIII Verächtlich
  • XIV Man grüsst
  • XV Der Schwimmer
  • XVI Mein Widerhall
  • XVII Der Frühling
  • XVIII Der schwarze Schleier
  • XIX Der Zweifel
  • XX Der Himmel
  • XXI Der Mond
  • XXII Die Wüstenwanderer
  • XXIII Einklang (Nachwort)