Goehr Alexander - Endsong Op.61 - Viola And Piano

Six PiecesKlavierauszug mit Solostimme - VA/KL - viola and orchestracomposer: Goehr, AlexanderÉditeur: Schott Music Ltd., Londonpages: 122A suite of six pieces, rather than a concerto, Schlussgesang - endsong in English - was sketched in a few weeks in Jerusalem in 1993, interrupted for the composition of Arianna and then taken up again and completed in 1996.Schlussgesang is written for a medium-sized orchestra accompanying the soloist. It was commissioned by the BBC. First performance by Tabea Zimmermann and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen at the 1997 Aldeburgh Festival.Contenu - I Prelude - II Intermezzo "Es blendet uns die Mondnacht..." - III Introduzione "Aber unter allem ist das Feuer..." - IV "Weinender Trapezkünstler" - V "...kein Gedanke, nur ruhiger Schlaf" (in Memoriam Oliver Messiaen) - VI "Wir wurden aus dem Paradies vertrieben, aber zerstört wurde es nicht."