Elliott Carter (1908-2012)

Tempo e Tempi (1998 -1999)

pour soprano et ensemble

  • Informations générales
    • Date de composition : 1998 - 1999
    • Durée : 15 mn
    • Éditeur : Boosey & Hawkes
    • Livret (détail, auteur) :

      Eugenio Montale, Salvatore Quasimodo et Giuseppe Ungaretti

Effectif détaillé
  • soliste : soprano solo
  • hautbois (aussi cor anglais), clarinette (aussi clarinette basse), violon, violoncelle

Information sur la création

  • Date : 24 mai 2000
    Lieu :

    Royaume-Uni, Londres, Queen Elizabeth Hall


    Interprètes :

    Lucy Shelton : soprano, London Sinfonnietta, direction : Oliver Knussen.

Observations

Enregistrement : « Happy Birthday, Elliott Carter! » New Chamber Works Swiss Chamber Soloists Edition, vol. 2 Neos 10816.

Note de programme

Fascination with Italian music, literature, and visual arts has grown ever since my mother took me to Rome in around 1924. This song-cycle is a small gesture of gratitude to Italian culture and its musicians that have shown such an interest in my work.

A few years ago Raffaele Pozzi (one of the directors of the Pontino Festival, which dedicated two of its manifestations to my work) sent me the two poems of Montale included in this cycle, asking me if I would set them. The first, Tempo e Tempi, pleased its Italian audience so much that I was encouraged to set others. Using the instrumentation of the first (oboe, clarinet, violin, and ‘cello), I chose poems by Ungaretti and Quasimodo, each referring to the passage of time.

Elliott Carter.