related works
Primavera : 1944 / Hans Henkemans
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s); Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl ob (cl h ad lib.) 3vl 2vla vc cb
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr fl fl(pic) ob ob(eh) cl cl-b 2fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp perc hp str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
alt 3333 4331 timp perc str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr-m 1222 2000 str(6.6.4.4.4.)
composition
Chamber music : a cycle of eight songs for tenor voice and small orchestra, 1991 / poems by James Joyce, Hans Henkemans
Author(s):
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