Requiem Canticles
Requiem Canticles is a 15-minute composition by Igor Stravinsky, for contralto and bass soli, chorus, and orchestra. Stravinsky completed the work in 1966, and it received its first performance that same year.
The work is a partial setting of the Roman Catholic
Orchestration
Requiem Canticles is scored for
Structure
The piece consists of nine short movements:
Joseph N. Straus has discussed in detail Stravinsky's particular application of serial technique in the work, and his devising and use of a system of "rotational arrays" and "four-part arrays" in composing the work.[1][2] David Smyth has noted Stravinsky's incorporation of the "B–A–C–H" (B♭–A–C–B♮) motif in the work.[3]
Requiem Canticles is characteristic of Stravinsky's twelve-tone practice in that he preferred the inverse-retrograde (IR) to the typical retrograde-inverse (RI):
References
- JSTOR 745920.
- JSTOR 745920.
- JSTOR 833512.
- ISBN 978-0-521-68200-8(pbk).
Further reading
- S2CID 251415624.
- Perry, Jeffrey (1 October 1993). "A "Requiem for the Requiem": On Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles". College Music Symposium. 33/34 (1993/1994): 237–256. JSTOR 40374258. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- Samson, Jim (1995). "Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, etc". In Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Requiem Canticles, Canticum Sacrum (pp. 6–9) [CD booklet]. Colchester, Essex, England: Chandos Records.
External links
- Work details, Boosey & Hawkes
- Details and analysis, California Institute of Technology
- Animated score on YouTube; Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon Joly Chorale, Robert Craftconducting
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