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Five images after Sappho : for soprano and chamber ensemble

Title
Five images after Sappho : for soprano and chamber ensemble / Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Author
Salonen, Esa-Pekka, 1958-
Publication
  • London : Chester Music, [2015]
  • Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk : exclusive distributor: Music Sales Ltd.
  • ©1999

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Additional Authors
  • Sappho.
  • Sappho
  • Barnard, Mary
  • Roche, Paul, 1916-2007
  • Ojai Festival, commissioning body.
  • London Sinfonietta, commissioning body.
Description
1 score (64 pages); 42 cm
Uniform Title
Images after Sappho
Alternative Title
  • Images after Sappho
  • 5 images after Sappho
Subject
  • Sappho > Musical settings
  • Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble > Scores
Genre/Form
  • Songs.
  • Art music.
  • Scores.
Note
  • For soprano with flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), bassoon (doubling contrabassoon), 2 horns, percussion (1 player), piano (doubling celesta), harp, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass.
  • Texts for movements 1-4 based on "Sappho" poems 1, 12, 26 and 44, translated by Mary Barnard and 5th movement "The love songs of Sappho" poems 86, 93, 94, 96 and 102, translated by Paul Roche.
  • Co-commissioned by the Ojai Festival, California, and the London Sinfonietta.
  • Duration: approximately 20 min.
Language (note)
  • English words; also printed as text preceding score, with notes in English.
Contents
Tell everyone -- Without warning -- It's no use -- The evening star -- Wedding.
LCCN
5020679158272
OCLC
  • ocn927456184
  • 927456184
  • SCSB-5835360
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries