Beat Furrer
Dort ist das Meer – nachts steig' ich hinab
Short instrumentation: 3 2 4 3 - 4 3 3 1 - perc(2), pno(2), e.org, str (4 4 6 6 4)
Duration: 16'
Text von: Pablo Neruda
Choir: 4S, 4A, 4T, 4B
Instrumentation details:
1st flute (+alto fl)
2nd flute
3rd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
3rd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb))
bass clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
contrabassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
3rd trumpet in C
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
bass tuba
1st percussion
2nd percussion
1st piano
2nd piano
electric organ
1st violin I
2nd violin I
3rd violin I
4th violin I
1st violin II
2nd violin II
3rd violin II
4th violin II
1st viola
2nd viola
3rd viola
4th viola
5th viola
6th viola
1st violoncello
2nd violoncello
3rd violoncello
4th violoncello
5th violoncello
6th violoncello
1st contrabass
2nd contrabass
3rd contrabass
4th contrabass
Furrer - Dort ist das Meer – nachts steig' ich hinab for mixed choir and orchestra
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Beat Furrer
Furrer: Dort ist das MeerOrchestration: für gemischten Chor und Orchester
Type: Partitur
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With reference to the poem by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, Furrer remarks that it is an expression of despair over past tragedy, misery, and the Mapocho River as its witness, born of snow, sprung from the beak of an eagle, winding through the "valley of ashes". … The increasingly intense cries of the poet, the fearful questions … are answered with silence. Neruda's text was not used here as a programmatic model for the composition of the music. Since only fragments of his text were used, it was possible to subjugate the language to the musical composition.