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Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Birtwistle: Gawain
Dichter der Textvorlage: Anonymus
Libretto von: David Harsent
UE26933
Type: Libretto/Textbuch
Languages: Englisch (Großbritannien)
ISBN: 9783702422974
ISMN: 979-0-008-07361-8
Description
The story of Gawain and the Green Knight is part of the King Arthur legend, one of the deep wells of the past into which Birtwistle and Harsent delved, returning with a trove of sombre music full of suspense. The tempo is slow; the voices mainly intone long, sustained pitches, to shrouded, menacing sounds from the orchestra. Earth Dances (1985/1986) re-echo, but with the difference that Gawain has a plot, it includes voices and the dimensions comprise a different scope. Both of the two acts are cyclic in structure, grouped around the intermezzo at the outset of Act II retelling Gawain’s journey; this is the only time in the opera where the orchestra has an extensive say alone.
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Type: Libretto/Textbuch
Languages: Englisch (Großbritannien)
ISBN: 9783702422974
ISMN: 979-0-008-07361-8