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Commission, for vocal part and chamber orchestra (1972)
William Pearson, baritone
Ars Nova Ensemble Nürnberg
Werner Heider
I have arranged several poems written by the american poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) around the main poem "Commission". It is sung in English but occasionally spoken in German, wherever necessary. At several points I took words from the poems and used them as connective phrases between the complete poems, thus a definite structure was formed.
Attendance: vocal part (baritone) and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, violoncello, double bass, piano, electric organ, and two percussionists).
Commission was arranged in 1972 on behalf of the Suddeutscher Rundfunk and was played for the first time in December 1972 in Stuttgart. It was completely by chance that the news of the death of Ezra Pound was commonly known at the same time as the completion of the score. --Werner Heider
Art by Meyer de Haan
Commission, for vocal part and chamber orchestra (1972)
William Pearson, baritone
Ars Nova Ensemble Nürnberg
Werner Heider
I have arranged several poems written by the american poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) around the main poem "Commission". It is sung in English but occasionally spoken in German, wherever necessary. At several points I took words from the poems and used them as connective phrases between the complete poems, thus a definite structure was formed.
Attendance: vocal part (baritone) and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, violoncello, double bass, piano, electric organ, and two percussionists).
Commission was arranged in 1972 on behalf of the Suddeutscher Rundfunk and was played for the first time in December 1972 in Stuttgart. It was completely by chance that the news of the death of Ezra Pound was commonly known at the same time as the completion of the score. --Werner Heider
Art by Meyer de Haan
