subtitle:
For Chamber Choir a capella or a group of folk instruments for the text of Chopin's letters
year:
2010
lenght:
12-18'
instrumentation:
chamber choir a capella or a group of folk instruments (details in the description)
publisher:
PWM Kraków
premiere:
12 June 2010 / Chopin Open Festival – Folle Journee de Varsovie, Grand Theater of the National Opera, Warsaw
The Camerata Silesia choir
cond. Anna Szostak
The Music Workshop ensemble
Commission:
Orange Foundation, Polish Institute in Paris
details:
a capella version: 12 ‘
SATB
version with instruments: 18 ‘
coro misto, 4 hurdy-gurdys, 4 bag pipes, 4 folk violins, 4 fifes
The instrumental party can be performed by four musicians who change instruments during the course of the song. Fragments with violins, pipes, bagpipes and hurdy-gurdys are played by walking on the stage and the concert hall. The notation should be treated as a suggestion that musicians can perform at their own discretion and in accordance with the capabilities of the instruments.
availability:
Order (choral score): PWM