Commissioned by the Verband Südtirol Musikkapellen & the Südtiroler Künstlerbund. Written at the request of the South-Tirol Youth Wind Orchestra for the annual Mahler Festival in Toblach/Dobaccio, Italy. Sinfonie der Lieder uses text from Kindertotenlieder by Friedrich Rückert (mvts. I-III), “Two Brothers” by Heinrich Heine (IV), and two poems by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. “Dedicated to Eileen Machan-Schley, my sweet mother in law.”
Composer:
Year(s) Composed:
2013
Difficulty:
Grade 5
Duration:
30 minutes
Instrumentation:
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Children’s Choir, Solo Voice, and Band: 3(III=afl).picc.2.eh.3(9).ecl.bcl.2-2ax.2tx.bx-4.3.3.bhn.1-5perc(6)[bl.vib.crot.timp.bd.scym.verge.xyl.flx.wchi(glass).fcym.2tri.chi.wind.2anv.sd.floor tom.bt.rustling leaves.sbl.mar.cym]-pno-hp.db
Movements:
I. Ein Jahr ist nun geschwunden
II. Wenn zur Thür herein
III. Wiedersehn
IV. Zwei Brüder
V. Vorfrühling
VI. Liedchen des Harlekin
Publication Information:
Amstel (2014)
Premiered:
Dobiacco, July 24, 2013.
Availability:
Available for Purchase