Cmaj7 | Louis Andriessen - La Commedia (2008) (English subtitles) @Cmaj7 | Uploaded September 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Composer: Louis Joseph Andriessen (June 6, 1939 – July 1, 2021)
Electronic inserts by: Anke Brouwer
Beatrice: Claron McFadden
Dante: Christina Zavalloni
Lucifer/Cacciaguida: Jeroen Willems
Casella: Marcel Beekman
Orchestra: Asko | Schönberg conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw
Chorus: Synergy Vocals with Children’s Chorus de Kickers of Music School Waterland
Score available from Boosey and Hawkes: boosey.com/cr/music/Louis-Andriessen-La-Commedia/45366
Translations from CD booklet booklets.idagio.com/075597958997.pdf
Part 1: The City of Dis, or the Ship of Fools
00:00 Introduction - Traffic, sounds of Amsterdam
00:32 Orchestra entrance
02:19 Choir entrance - Psalm 107 "Here are those that go down" (3:50) Climax
04:13 The Guild of the Blue Barge "And all you companions of rowdy manners"
07:08 Inferno - Beatrice "Love moved me"
09:15 Virgil guides Dante across the Styx
10:21 They approach the City of Dis (12:05) They arrive
12:41 Thousands of angels fall from heaven (13:10)
13:50 The horrors of hell: three infernal furies (15:08) (15:39) Climax
16:04 Dante sees a figure walking on the Styx (18:13)
Part 2: Racconto dall'Inferno (Story from Hell)
20:21 Introduction - harsh descending chords
23:15 Catechism - "[she] descended into Hell"
24:19 (25:06) Inferno - "Below there boiled a thick pot of pitch"
26:15 "Let Malacoda go!" (27:48) Malacoda guides Dante through Hell (29:08)
30:03 Malacoda sends demons to escort Dante (31:00)
31:48 The demons start their march, signaling with a fart (32:12) (33:22)
33:33 A quirky march through Hell (35:01) (36:08) (36:33)
37:00 (37:31) Dante laments the sinners he sees
37:57 Instrumental climax, rude brass over manic runs
38:56 Finale "the people stewing within"
Part 3: Lucifer
39:48 Introduction - Dense brooding rock chords (40:02) (43:38) (45:08)
47:02 (47:56) Lucifer's army
50:11 "Behold Dis"
53:35 "With six eyes did [Lucifer] weep"
54:54 Lucifer's revenge
57:23 The Fall of Adam
58:47 Lucifer poisons Adam (59:44) and dances in triumph
1:00:06 Lucifer's Triumph (1:02:07) God shall repent ever making man
Part 4: De tuin der lusten (The Garden of Earthly Delights)
1:03:53 Introduction - light swing, Dante walks through purgatory
1:07:12 Casella sings one of Dante's poems
1:08:37 Angels fly down (1:09:30) jazz waltz
1:09:57 They spot the serpent (1:10:32)
1:11:55 The "hawks of heaven" attack the serpent (1:13:00) and return to their posts
1:14:00 Soft and sweet instrumental interlude (1:14:27)
1:15:28 (1:16:22) A bittersweet love song
1:17:44 (1:19:21) "How delightful is your love"
Part 5: Luce etterna (Eternal Light)
1:20:38 Introduction - Clumsy "cliche" celestial harp (1:22:53) chords from Hell
1:24:51 Requiem - Children's Choir
1:25:48 Beatrice sings of the eternal light, over ethereal percussion
1:30:56 Dante "the holy millstone began revolving", over soft but sinister strings
1:33:13 Cacciaguida complains of the degradation of Florentine society (1:37:24)
1:38:24 Luce etterne, over bright cluster chords
1:41:29 Final - an impudent fanfare "you won't get the last judgement, you'll never get it!"
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Program I develop for this channel: github.com/edwardx999/ScoreProcessor
Composer: Louis Joseph Andriessen (June 6, 1939 – July 1, 2021)
Electronic inserts by: Anke Brouwer
Beatrice: Claron McFadden
Dante: Christina Zavalloni
Lucifer/Cacciaguida: Jeroen Willems
Casella: Marcel Beekman
Orchestra: Asko | Schönberg conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw
Chorus: Synergy Vocals with Children’s Chorus de Kickers of Music School Waterland
Score available from Boosey and Hawkes: boosey.com/cr/music/Louis-Andriessen-La-Commedia/45366
Translations from CD booklet booklets.idagio.com/075597958997.pdf
Part 1: The City of Dis, or the Ship of Fools
00:00 Introduction - Traffic, sounds of Amsterdam
00:32 Orchestra entrance
02:19 Choir entrance - Psalm 107 "Here are those that go down" (3:50) Climax
04:13 The Guild of the Blue Barge "And all you companions of rowdy manners"
07:08 Inferno - Beatrice "Love moved me"
09:15 Virgil guides Dante across the Styx
10:21 They approach the City of Dis (12:05) They arrive
12:41 Thousands of angels fall from heaven (13:10)
13:50 The horrors of hell: three infernal furies (15:08) (15:39) Climax
16:04 Dante sees a figure walking on the Styx (18:13)
Part 2: Racconto dall'Inferno (Story from Hell)
20:21 Introduction - harsh descending chords
23:15 Catechism - "[she] descended into Hell"
24:19 (25:06) Inferno - "Below there boiled a thick pot of pitch"
26:15 "Let Malacoda go!" (27:48) Malacoda guides Dante through Hell (29:08)
30:03 Malacoda sends demons to escort Dante (31:00)
31:48 The demons start their march, signaling with a fart (32:12) (33:22)
33:33 A quirky march through Hell (35:01) (36:08) (36:33)
37:00 (37:31) Dante laments the sinners he sees
37:57 Instrumental climax, rude brass over manic runs
38:56 Finale "the people stewing within"
Part 3: Lucifer
39:48 Introduction - Dense brooding rock chords (40:02) (43:38) (45:08)
47:02 (47:56) Lucifer's army
50:11 "Behold Dis"
53:35 "With six eyes did [Lucifer] weep"
54:54 Lucifer's revenge
57:23 The Fall of Adam
58:47 Lucifer poisons Adam (59:44) and dances in triumph
1:00:06 Lucifer's Triumph (1:02:07) God shall repent ever making man
Part 4: De tuin der lusten (The Garden of Earthly Delights)
1:03:53 Introduction - light swing, Dante walks through purgatory
1:07:12 Casella sings one of Dante's poems
1:08:37 Angels fly down (1:09:30) jazz waltz
1:09:57 They spot the serpent (1:10:32)
1:11:55 The "hawks of heaven" attack the serpent (1:13:00) and return to their posts
1:14:00 Soft and sweet instrumental interlude (1:14:27)
1:15:28 (1:16:22) A bittersweet love song
1:17:44 (1:19:21) "How delightful is your love"
Part 5: Luce etterna (Eternal Light)
1:20:38 Introduction - Clumsy "cliche" celestial harp (1:22:53) chords from Hell
1:24:51 Requiem - Children's Choir
1:25:48 Beatrice sings of the eternal light, over ethereal percussion
1:30:56 Dante "the holy millstone began revolving", over soft but sinister strings
1:33:13 Cacciaguida complains of the degradation of Florentine society (1:37:24)
1:38:24 Luce etterne, over bright cluster chords
1:41:29 Final - an impudent fanfare "you won't get the last judgement, you'll never get it!"
How I make my videos: github.com/CMajSeven/WorkflowTemplate
Program I develop for this channel: github.com/edwardx999/ScoreProcessor
