Flute, Clarinet and Oboe
SKU: HL.14043012
Composed by Hans
Abrahamsen. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2014.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH31940. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14043012).
ISBN
9788759829271.
Hans
Abrahamsen 's Flowersongs
(2012 version) for Flute,
Oboe and Clarinet. Score.
'I wrote Flowersongs for
three Flutes in the
spring of 1973, when I
was 20 years old. Looking
back now, 40 years begins
to feel like a really
long time and sometimes I
think that it is as if
someone in 1973 is
talking about a piece
from 1933! But in spite
of this long time, this
is still a very important
piece for me. In
Flowersongs , along with
works like '10 Preludes'
for String Quartet and
'Stratifications' for
Orchestra, I feel that I
was on my way to finding
my own voice in the
middle of the music of
the great Central
European modernist
tradition from the 50s
and the reaction from the
60s of thenew simplicity,
minimalism and the
possibility of
poly-stilisme. The
English title Flowersongs
links to the flower power
movement and the hippie
culture of the 60s and
the early 70s, and the
work is trying to find
the power inherent in
this imaginary world.
Many of my later works
have titles in German,
for example 'Winternacht'
(1976/78), 'Nacht und
Trumpeten' (1981) and
much later 'Schnee'
(2006-08). If we think of
Flowersongs in German, it
must be Blumenlieder, and
to me it now sounds
suddenly very different,
more romantic and into
the world of Schumann.
Perhaps it is also a way
in which to hear the
piece? Another thing is
that the correct English
title is Flower Songs (as
two words) and not as one
word like in German or
Danish. This is perhaps
the German connection, as
I incorrectly wrote the
title as one word, but
perhaps it is also a kind
of naivety, which is also
part of the work. I
cannot help but carry
with me to this day the
ideas from my early
works. For example, there
are clear links in this
work from the 8th Prelude
from '10 Preludes' and to
Canon 2a from 'Schnee'
from 2008. This work is
written for the wonderful
ensemble recherche and it
was meeting them that
made me consider making a
version of Flowersongs
for Flute, Oboe and
Clarinet.' - Hans
Abrahamsen.
Years song
