Two Love Songs

for three female voices or female choir (2010)
Choral Music of Our Time

G. Bryars: Two Love Songs, Frauenchor SSA (1)

G. Bryars: Two Love Songs, Frauenchor SSA (2)

für	Frauenchor (SSA) [3 Solostimmen] a cappella
Ausgabe	Partitur
Artikelnr.	635013
Autor / Komponist	Gavin Bryars
Text	Francesco Petrarca
Sprache	italienisch
Umfang	8 Seiten; 23 × 30,5 cm
Dauer	6:00 Minuten
Erscheinungsjahr	2014
Verlag / Hersteller	Schott Music
Hersteller-Nr.	ED 13397
ISMN	9790220132605

Beschreibung

These two settings of Petrarch sonnets were written for the English group Juice, a trio of sopranos - a combination that has a purity and serenity that I enjoy. At the same time it gave me an opportunity to write more settings from Petrarch's 'Rime Sparse', which has been an abiding passion ever since I wrote my Second Book of Madrigals in 2001-2002.The purpose of the 'Rime Sparse' is to immortalize the real or imagined Laura, and these two settings, while not naming Laura directly, are imbued with the same feeling of profound and idealized love. (Gavin Bryars)