Benjamin Schweitzer
Sonett
for eight-part mixed choir and solo bassoon
Benjamin Schweitzer
Sonett
for eight-part mixed choir and solo bassoon
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (8-Part) and Bassoon
- Composer Benjamin Schweitzer
- Series Schott Kammerchor
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Schott Musik
- Order no. SKR20094
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Description:
The text of this 'small sound piece' combines material from Petrarch's well-known Sonnet No. 132 and its Baroque adaptation by Martin Opitz, alternating between - and sometimes mixing - Italian and German. The choir and solo bassoon oscillate between fore and background, creating an 'echo space' in which sounds are repeated and developed. The horizontal structure of the bassoon part thereby develops a harmonic vertical plane and, conversely, linear structures detach themselves from the harmony of the choral texture and enter the bassoon part. Benjamin Schweitzer