composer

Henkemans, Hans

Hans Henkemans, one of the leading Dutch pianists and composers of the 20th century, wrote orchestral, vocal and chamber music, and an opera. For twenty-five years he performed as a ...

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composition

Chamber music : a cycle of eight songs for tenor voice and small orchestra, 1991 / poems by James Joyce, Hans Henkemans

Publisher: Amsterdam: Donemus, cop. 1992
Publisher's number: 06702
Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and orchestra
Scoring: ten fl(pic) fl(fl-a) ob ob(ob-am) cl cl(cl-b) 2fg 2h timp perc cel hp pf str(6.6.4.3.2.)
Remarks: In opdracht van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Tijdsduur: ca. 13'
Duration: 13'00"
Year of composition: 1991
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

Other authors:
Joyce, James (librettist)
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

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