Lori Laitman

Compositor

Lori Laitman

Lírico

Sara Teasdale

Editora

Enchanted Knickers Music

Gênero

Clássico / Canção

Instrumentação

Piano, Mezzo-soprano

Composição para

Solo, Piano de Acompanhamento

Tipo de composição

Partitura piano-vocal

duração

10'30"

idioma

Inglês

dificuldade

Difficult

Ano de composição

1998

descripção
Mystery [1998], a song cycle for either baritone or mezzo-soprano, sets five poems by American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933). These poems reflect on love and its enigmas. The opening song, Nightfall, sets a lyric vocal line against a piano part that portrays the lovers’ past walks together as well as their unhappy present. Spray begins violently, with the piano suggesting the crashing of waves. Joining in with rapid declamations, the vocal line then transitions to a calmer reflection on love. The Kiss is set as a parody, humorously juxtaposing the old parlor song style of the vocal line with a more contemporary piano part containing dissonance and rhythmic displacements. The long vocal lines in The Mystery merge with a simple piano accompaniment to create a feeling of yearning. The most complex texture of the cycle is found in The Rose, in which intricate weavings between voice and piano combine with constant meter changes and mood shifts. The song culminates in a quiet variation of the opening as the singer reminisces on love lost.

You can hear the composer perform this with baritone William Sharp at the following URLs:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBerx7qymE
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8CfyXfT0k
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbko5-27Uw
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxVbaI9xtQ
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBTAWEJrGmc

data de postagem

06.01.2021