Lunea, 23 sentences by Nikolaus Lenau, baritone and piano (or ensemble), single sheet

Lunea, 23 Sätze von Nikolaus Lenau, Einzelausgabe

The subtitle of this work dedicated to Christian Gerhaher, '23 sentences by Nikolaus Lenau', should be taken literally: some of the texts in Heinz Holliger?s setting consist of only a few words. With relentless focus on essential elements, the texts are a distillation of the sensation which has been recorded in literary history as 'world-weariness'. Holliger reflects this concentrated emotion, presenting the singer and pianist with the highest level of technical demands within an extremely limited space, never as an end in itself but always as means to an extreme compression of musical and emotional expression.

CONTENIDO:

I Wirf, o Thor
II Die Jahre flogen
III Die Himmelsschlange
IV Ich will
V Weit
VI Dein Blick
VII Transsubstantiatio
VIII Der Mensch
IX Ich habe
X Serenum
XI Der Eisenhammer
XII Ein Tropfen
XIII Verächtlich
XIV Man grüsst
XV Der Schwimmer
XVI Mein Widerhall
XVII Der Frühling
XVIII Der schwarze Schleier
XIX Der Zweifel
XX Der Himmel
XXI Der Mond
XXII Die Wüstenwanderer
XXIII Einklang (Nachwort)