related works
Stay, O Sweet : Version for contralto and piano / Elena Langer; lyrics by John Donne (1572-1631)
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
zang pf
Partita 'Wereldwijven' : for harpsichord / Kees Arntzen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Piano
Scoring:
cemb/pf
Fenetres cassées : klavecimbel en tape, 2003 / Juan Felipe Waller
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Electronics with different instruments; Harpsichord with multimedia
Scoring:
cemb tape
composition
L'Armoire de Couperin : Version for harpsichord / Elena Langer
Other authors:
Langer, Elena
(Composer)
Description:
While my piece hasn’t got much in common with Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, the title reflects a similar idea of looking back on the Baroque, and paying homage to it.
The piece is in two movements, both of which play with the idea of the Baroque idiom, or being part of an imaginary Baroque suite. The first is delicate and dancing. As the second progresses, a Baroque tune gradually takes shape out of a twelve-tone row. Once the Baroque tune is complete, it dissolves again and disappears back into chromaticism.
Elena Langer