This six-minute madrigal setting was commissioned by the renowned Hanover Girls' choeur and composed on the basis of one of Rainer Maria Rilke's profound poems. It begins as a thanksgiving prayer: for the summer, for the autumn fruits. But the first winds bring along the fear of the cold and loneliness of winter: 'Whoever is alone now will remain so for a long time, will stay up, read, write long letters?'. Peter Eötvös lets the poem unfold twice, each time in a different way, thus intensifying the reflection. The tonality is treated freely, and the choral setting extends the underlying five-part texture, in which the choeur's soloists create striking echoes, up to eight-part passages.
Année : 2011 Pages : 12 Niveau : difficile Langue : German
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