Gavin Bryars (1943)

Third Book of Madrigals (2003 -2004)

pour soprano, ténor, basse et luth

  • Informations générales
    • Date de composition : 2003 - 2004
    • Durée : 25 mn
    • Éditeur : Schott, nº ED 12787
    • Commande : Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
    • Livret (détail, auteur) :

      Pétrarque, traduit par J. M. Synge

Effectif détaillé
  • solistes : soprano, ténor, basse
  • luth

Information sur la création

  • Date : 27 novembre 2003
    Lieu :

    Royaume-Uni, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival


    Interprètes :

    Red Byrd

Titres des parties

  1. Laura being dead, Petrarch finds trouble in all the things of the earth
  2. He asks his heart to raise itself up to God
  3. He wishes he might die and follow Laura
  4. Laura is ever present to him
  5. He considers that he should set little store on earthly beauty
  6. He recalls his visions of her
  7. He finds comfort and rest in his sorrows
  8. He ceases to speak of her graces and her virtues which are no more
  9. He considers the reasons for his verses