Mixed choir (SSATTBar)
SKU: HL.49015916
For six voices.
Composed by Gavin Bryars.
This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Composed
2001-2002. 94 pages.
Duration 35'. Schott
Music #ED12786. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49015916).
ISBN
9790220124518. UPC:
884088567606.
8.25x11.75x0.375 inches.
Italian.
Like many
Englishmen I had sung
madrigals for pleasure -
usually late at night
with friends, after
several glasses of wine.
While these madrigals
have their charm, and
many are extremely
beautiful, I found, as I
began an extended
exploration of the
madrigal as a creative
venture, that the richest
source lies in the
Italian Renaissance.In
1998 I embarked on a
project to write a series
of madrigals, eventually
deciding to collect them
in 'books' in the manner
of Italian madrigalists,
such as Monteverdi or
Gesualdo. The Second Book
is for an unusual
six-part group - the
Scandinavian Trio
Mediaeval (3 sopranos)
and three tenors (John
Potter plus two from the
Hilliard Ensemble) - and
sets Petrarch in the
original 14th century
Italian. I focused on
those sonnets known as
the Rima Sparsi
(scattered verses) and
added one extra Petrarch
setting - originally a
radiophonic piece
(Marconi's Madrigal) for
CBC's Marconi Day. Gavin
Bryars.