SSATB chorus, piano -
Grade 3
SKU:
CA.928200
Composed by
Henri Duparc. Arranged by
Denis Rouger. Carus
digital: Notenausgabe als
PDF. Full Score. Composed
1880. Duration 5 minutes.
Carus Verlag #928200.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.928200).
ISBN
9790007300869. Key: C
minor / c major. French.
Text: Baudelaire,
Charles.
Sounds,
colors and scents can
conjure up places of
longing. During the
Romantic period, the
desire to travel and see
other places was seen as
an expression of some
inner state of mind. In
L'invitation au voyage,
the boundaries between
what is real and
imaginary seem to
dissolve in the lyrical
perception of a journey
to the inner self: There
we find nothing but order
and beauty, splendor,
peace, and
delightâ€. This is
unattainable perfection
as a place of longing,
where we are freed from
all earthly cares. A
never-ending
sixteenth-note figure in
the piano accompaniment
flickers like a
shimmering veil over
these words, which in
their poetry seem to
remove us far from our
earthly existence.
“The world falls
asleep in a warm
light!
This art
song was originally
composed not for chamber
choir, but for solo voice
and piano. Denis Rouger
has carefully adapted it
to suit the requirements
and expressive
possibilities offered by
a larger ensemble,
without losing any of the
qualities of the
original. Each part in
the choir has a melodic
line drawn from the
harmonic and rhythmic
framework. In the
process, the variety and
refinement of the choral
language combines with an
enormous flexibility in
form and expression, as
French melodies or German
art songs demand from a
soloist and
pianist.
The songs
have been recorded by the
figure humaine chamber
choir on the CD ... wo
die Zitronen blühn
(Carus 83.514).
DUPARC: L'invitation au Voyage
