Benoît Mernier (1964)

Blake songs (1992 -1994)

six-part cycle for soprano and 13 instrumentalists

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1992 - 1994
    • Duration: 27 mn
    • Publisher: Billaudot, Paris, nº G6098B
    • Commission: Comande des J.A.O. Composé avec le soutien du Ministère de la Culture et des Affaires Sociales de la Communauté française de Belgique
    • Libretto (details, author):

      [Poèmes de] William Blake

Detailed formation
  • soloist: soprano
  • flute [traversière] , clarinet, horn, trombone, piano, 2 percussionists, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 1994
    Location:

    Belgique, Bruxelles, Festival Ars Musica


    Performers:

    Carmen Fugiss, soprano ; Ensemble Modern

Table of contents

I. To Winter
II. Nurse’s Songs
III. Infant Joy
IV. Infant sorrow
V. Nurse’s Songs
VI. Mad Song