Score and Parts Chamber Ensemble (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.49046239
Soprano, Clarinet and Piano Score and Parts. Composed by Heinz Holliger. Ensemble. Classical. Softcover. 92 pages. Duration 840 seconds. Schott Music #ED23118. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046239). UPC: 842819104636. 0.308 inches.
I was in the middle of a recording project featuring Franz Schuberts complete symphonies and other orchestral works, when I received a request from Anna Lucia Richter asking if I could compose a companion piece for Schuberts The Shepherd on the Rock. I was inspired by the movingly simple yet profoundly mysterious musical text Schubert had published by Robert Schumann under the titleReliquien [Relics], and a composition in three sections was born which oscillates between recitative-like sections and expansive ariosos. The beginning of Schuberts enigmatic funeral march Franz Schuberts Begrabnis- Feyer [Franz Schuberts funeral ceremony] for nine winds, written when Schubert was only 16, wanders like a phantom as a tonal shadow through the score. Heinz Holliger.