Orchestra, Violin, Choir (Study Score) SKU: HL.50601001 For Violin, Ch...(+)
Orchestra, Violin, Choir
(Study Score)
SKU:
HL.50601001
For
Violin, Choir and
Orchestra. Composed
by Lera Auerbach. Score.
Classical. Softcover. 156
pages. Sikorski #SIK8852.
Published by Sikorski
(HL.50601001).
UPC:
888680707118. 8.25x11.75
inches.
Commissione
d work by the Bergen
Philharmonic Orchestra,
the Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande and the
BBC
Proms.
“'The
Infant Minstrel and His
Peculiar Menagerie' is a
symphonic fantasy for
solo violin, choir, and
orchestra. Violinist
Vadim Gluzman performs
the lead role of a
traveling musical
storyteller who
introduces a collection
of wondrous tales by the
mysterious author
Erroneous Anonymous. The
Infant Minstrel guides
listeners in a voyage of
imagination. Auerbach's
new composition speaks to
the young and the young
at heart with child-like,
yet enigmatic and
humorous poems in the
tradition of 'nonsense'
authors such as Edward
Lear, Lewis Carol,
Hilaire Belloc, and
Mother Goose, as well as
Edith Sitwell, Shel
Silverstein, Edward
Gorey, and Tim Burton.
The text is relevant, yet
timeless; absurd, yet
profound; simple, yet
multi-layered. We meet
characters such as the
Common Corporant, the
Moon Rider, and the
Flying Pig that enjoys
sitting on a cloud
watching the crowd. The
work embraces with humor
the traditions of the
British and Gaelic bard
and the troubadour, whose
songs told embellished
and exotic tales. It also
finds inspiration in the
menagerie – a
diverse collection of
creatures and curiosities
– and the sideshow
presentation of oddities
and the bizarre.”
(Lera Auerbach).
Mel Lewis
