Counter-tenor voice,
clarinet in A & 16-part
SATB choir (SATB) -
Moderately Difficult to
Difficult
SKU:
OU.9780193412545
Composed by Anthony
Powers. Choral Works
(inc. Oratorios).
Clarinet Part. 12 pages.
Duration 23'. Oxford
University Press
#9780193412545. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193412545).
ISBN 9780193412545. 12
x 8 inches.
for
counter-tenor, clarinet
in A, and 16-part SATB
choir
The piece sets
extracts from the
philosopher Ludwig
Wittgenstein's
Tractatus
Logico-Philosophicus
, and is made up of six
choral movements,
including a substantial
solo role for
countertenor. Between
these movements come five
interludes for solo
clarinet. Wittgenstein
himself played the
instrument, so here is a
different projection of
aspects of the
philosopher. The
countertenor's part may
be sung in English or
German.