Orpheus, Three Fantasies, mixed choir (SSATBB), speakers and instruments, score

Orpheus, Drei Fantasien, Partitur

Heinrich Poos (born 1928) is one of the great German composers of choral music of our time. In his 'Orpheus' cycle, Poos takes up the ancient myth of the singer and poet Orpheus who is a symbol of the power of music. The three-part work is based on texts from classical antiquity, the Middle Ages and the present time which are all dealing with the issue of 'music', texts by Plato, Virgil, Ovid, Shakespeare, Edward Bond. In addition to a powerful choir, the 40-minute work requires a narrator and a differentiated instrumental ensemble.

CONTENIDO:

I Mnemosyne: Invocatio
Concerto musarum
Melodram
Ende vom Lied
Lied des Pan
II Orpheus: Fantasia sopra L'Orfeo, Atto terzo
Hymnus
III Orpheus und Eurydike: Chaconne-Variationen
Marcia funebre
Chanson