René Staar
Einst in kalter Wintersnacht op. 22/o.bis
René Staar
Einst in kalter Wintersnacht op. 22/o.bis
- Instrumentation High Voice, Narrator and Ensemble
- Composer René Staar
- Edition Piano Reduction
- Publisher Strauss Edition Wien / Verlagsgruppe Hermann
- Order no. VGH2350-22
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Description:
The poem [Once upon Epiph'ny Eve] by Pushkins contemporary Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783-1852) refers to the post-Christmas custom of young girls wishing to interpret their future from various signs. One finds here, as in so many church rituals, a mixture of Christian tradition and superstitious pagan cult. Traditions of Russian Orthodox liturgical singing blend together with the fairy-tale character (with its indication magically fragrant) and perspectives of new music in the 20th and 21st century. Written for Ensemble Wiener Collages Christmas concert in 2016.