related works
Concert voor altviool en orkest / Hans Henkemans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Viola and orchestra
Scoring:
3343 4331 timp perc xyl(vibr) cel hp str vla-solo
Bij den vijver : for voice with orchestral accompaniment / Sem Dresden; words by Jules Schürmann
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
voice orch
Krauseminze : for soprano and chamber orchestra / Alexey Retinsky
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr 2fl/picc 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt/tpt-picc 2trb tb 2perc hp pf/cel str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s); Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
medium fl 2vl vla vc / medium fl str(vl vla vc)
composition
Chamber music : a cycle of eight songs for tenor voice and small orchestra, 1991 / poems by James Joyce, Hans Henkemans
Other authors:
Joyce, James
(Text writer/Librettist)
Henkemans, Hans
(Composer)
Contains:
Andantino
Allegretto molto tranquillo
Allegretto leggiero
Andante con moto, quasi rubato
Allegro non lento
Vivo
Quasi lento
Allegro non troppo, ma feroce
Description:
Program note (English): [Première: 11-12-1992 - Vredenburg, Utrecht - Ian Partridge, tenor with the Radio Chamber Orchestra, David Porcelijn, conducting] - The texts of the song cycle Chamber Music have been taken from a collection of poetry by James Joyce which was published in 1907. Joyce, who received a musical education in Paris for concert singer, published his own texts. The sleeve of the publication by Jonathan Cape mention among others this: Elusive and formal, these poems are, above all, musical. Joyce, who trained as a singer in Paris, set of to write of lyrics that could be sung, and their imagery - characteristically - appeals chiefly to the ear. Echoes from books, together with images from musical instruments, contribute to Joyce's "elegant and antique phrase". His models are the Elizabethan lyricists, the airs of Dowland and the words of Shakespeare. I have selected eight of the 36 poems for this cycle. - HANS HENKEMANS