Chantefleurs et Chantefables

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Chantefleurs et Chantefables is a

The Proms by the soprano Solveig Kringlebotn and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer on August 8, 1991.[2] The piece is Lutosławski's second composition set to the poetry of Robert Desnos, following 1975's Les Espaces du sommeil.[3][4]

Composition

Structure

Chantefleurs et Chantefables has a duration of approximately 16 minutes and is composed in nine movements:[2]

  1. La Belle-de-Nuit[1]: 1351 [5]
  2. La Sauterelle[1]: 1330 [6]
  3. La Véronique[1]: 1345 [7]
  4. L'Églantine, l'aubépine et la glycine[1]: 1349 [8]
  5. La Tortue[1]: 1336 [9]
  6. La Rose[1]: 1350 [10]
  7. L'Alligator[1]: 1332 [11]
  8. L'Angélique[1]: 1343 [12]
  9. Le Papillon[1]: 1327 [13]

Instrumentation

The work is scored for solo soprano and a small orchestra consisting of flute, oboe, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet and E-flat clarinet), bassoon (doubling contrabassoon), trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion, timpani, harp, piano (doubling celesta), and strings.[2]

Reception

Chantefleurs et Chantefables has been praised by music critics. Andrew Clements of The Guardian described the composition as "a series of tiny epigrammatic settings inhabiting a child-like surrealist world, which Lutosławski illuminates with wonderful precision."[14] Keith Potter of BBC Music Magazine compared the piece to Lutosławski's Chain 1, observing that they are "so exquisite that they verge on the precious."[15] The composer Russell Platt similarly described it as "one of the most gracious and affecting works of Lutosławski's last years."[4]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-2-0707-5427-4
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  2. ^
    G. Schirmer Inc.
    Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  3. G. Schirmer Inc.
    Retrieved October 5, 2016.
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    ISBN 0879308656
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  5. ^ Desnos, Robert. "La Belle-de-Nuit" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  6. ^ Desnos, Robert. "La Sauterelle" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  7. ^ Desnos, Robert. "La Véronique" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  8. ^ Desnos, Robert. "L'Eglantine, l'aubépine et la glycine" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  9. ^ Desnos, Robert. "La Tortue" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  10. ^ Desnos, Robert. "La Rose" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  11. ^ Desnos, Robert. "L'Alligator" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  12. ^ Desnos, Robert. "L'Angélique" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  13. ^ Desnos, Robert. "Le Papillon" (in French). Un Jour Un Poème. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  14. ^ Clements, Andrew (1 September 2011). "Lutosławski: Chantefleurs et Chantefables; Les Espaces du Sommeil; Paroles Tissées, etc – review". The Guardian. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  15. ^ Potter, Keith (20 January 2012). "Lutoslawski: Chantefleurs et chantefables; Chain 1; Preludes and Fugue; Five Songs". BBC Music Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
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