- Year of composition: 1966
- Work category: Voice and ensemble
- Text author: Text Saigyo / P.E. Wahlund
- First performed: for alto, flute, trombone, double bass duration 5 min
Premiered Swedish Broadcasting May 21, 1967
Solvieg Grippe, alto; Ulf Bergström, flute, Jörgen Johanssson, trombone; Thorsten Sjögren, double bass; Sven Erik Bäck, conductor
Award, Kammarmusikstudion, Sveriges Radio 1967 - Duration: 5 min
Instrumentation
Soprano, flute, trombone, double bass
Solo voices/choir
Soprano
Location for score and part material
www.svenskmusik.org
Literature
Ulf Grahn . Nutida musik 10 ( 1966/67 ) , h . 8 , s . 4–5 .
Description of work
It's a setting a Japanese poem by Saigyo / P.E. Wahlund. It was completed in the fall of 1966. The work was accepted o the Kammarmusikstudion at The Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in the spring 1967. I tried to capture the slow entrance of Spring as expressed in the poem. The instruments are more illustrating and enhancing the undertext of the poem.
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTCuUVbersw&t=15s
Work comment
It's a setting a Japanese poem by Saigyo / P.E. Wahlund. It was completed in the fall of 1966. The work was accepted o the Kammarmusikstudion at The Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in the spring 1967. I tried to capture the slow entrance of Spring as expressed in the poem. The instruments are more illustrating and enhancing the undertext of the poem.