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Christoph Renhart
Mezzosopran (Drei nautische Stillleben)
UES104213-602
Type: Solostimme(n)
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 44
Description
«Three Nautical Still Lifes» for mezzo soprano and ensemble is based upon four poems, that I wrote as a starting point for a new song cycle for mezzo soprano and piano. The chamber music version was composed in 2021 — it is the basis of the present version for mezzo soprano and ensemble.
The surreal texts are framed by instrumental sections. An instrumental prologue is put in front of the first poem, which anticipates the wet atmosphere of the texts. A monologue recited by the ensemble forms the middle movement. At the climax of the cyclic work, the cachalot stands as a metaphor for an erupting volcano, which collapses spectacularly. In the epilogue, the voice and the ensemble find together finally in a rather melancholic certitude: «Auspicious in the asters' morass, the loam quenchs the sore furrows».
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Type: Solostimme(n)
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 44