gerelateerde werken
Concerto : for violin and two orchestras / Edward Top
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
vl-solo 2picc(fl) 2ob cl(cl-b) fg(cfg) 2trp 2trb tb-b perc hp pf(synth) str
5 Bergerettes : voor sopraan en ensemble / Piet Kingma
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
sopr fl ob vl vla vc pf
Nummer één zei : for mezzo soprano, alto saxophone and piano / Erik Lotichius; text by the composer
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
m-sopr sax-a pf
Les deux flûtes : pour soprano, deux flûtes et piano / Hanna Beekhuis
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
sopr 2fl pf
compositie
Farewell Songs : for countertenor, Baroque ensemble, and Chinese instruments / Edward Top
Auteur(s):
Top, Edward
(Componist)
Toelichting:
The Farewell Songs present an alternate history of true exchange between ancient Chinese instruments and the early-music practice of the European Baroque ensemble on the shores of Canada in 2024.
In addition, a countertenor sings texts from Tang dynasty poets Mèng Hàorán and Wang Wei. These texts are freely interpreted and translated into English by the composer. Earlier translations of these texts were used by Gustav Mahler in his song cycle Das Lied von der Erde. Part of the idea in the Farewell Songs is how French and German translations (as available to Mahler 120 years ago), numerous English versions, and now a direct Google translation of the original Chinese, have created a multiplicity of references and interpretations of the texts.
The original Chinese poems are narrated by erhu player Lan Tung during the performance, bringing it back to the ‘purity’ of its original intentions. Similarly, the music oscillates between Chinese and Baroque music, and contemporary musical elements; between the accuracy of historic practice and the freely creative (re)-interpretation of it.