Musik 21 im NDR: Life Cycle
Julian Anderson (*1967):
Life Cycle (2018 – 2025, 43’) gp
Soprano with flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
commissioned by Freundeskreises Hauskonzert Musik für heute
I »Tombeau de Edgar Allan Poe« (2018)
Sonnet of the same title by Stéphane Mallarmé
on the occasion of Claude Debussy's centenary of death
commissioned by BCMG Sound Investment Scheme
II »Le 3 Mai« (2020)
from a mail by Ahmed Essyad, 3 Mai 2020,
commissioned by Oliver Zeffman
III »Nunca vi Granada« (2022)
poem for Federico Garcia Lorca by Raffael Alberti
commissioned by BCMG Sound Investment Scheme
IV »Mitternachtslied« (2023)
»Oh Mensch! gib acht …« by Friedrich Nietzsche
commissioned by Freundeskreis Hauskonzert Musik für heute
V »THUS« (2023)
drawn from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
commissioned by the Nash Ensemble
VI »When I come back« (2024)
on Derick Thomsons Gaelic poem, sung in English
commissioned by the Nash Ensemble
VII »Psalm« (2024 / 2025)
aus Psalm 4 von Bertolt Brecht
commissioned by Freundeskreis Hauskonzert Musik für heute
and BCMG Sound Investment Scheme
VIII »GO ON« (2025)
on Tom Phillips' book POETRY GO ON
commissioned by Nicole und Bill Barry, Catherine de Izarra and Andreas Büchting, Gerlinde Harig in memory of Hans-Dieter, Heidi and Gunter Dunkel
and
»Ring Dance« (2017, 10’) for two violins
»Aalto Staircase« from »Landscapes« (2019, 4’) cello solo
»Nuits« from »Sensation« (2015/16, 5’) piano solo
Anna Dennis (Soprano)
Stephan Meier (conductor)
The composer's present.
We're lucky to have one of the foremost British composers back in Niedersachsen.
The title doesn't leave in doubt what this is about: it's his life reflected in this song cycle, its international tendencies and search for home beyond nationality.
"I named the result Life Cycle as these works reflect changes in my life – and not only mine - through the seven years of its composition."
Kindly supported by Stiftung Niedersachsen, Musikförderung in Niedersachsen des NDR, private supporters and Rotary Club Hannover Leineschloß; Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt institutionally supports Das Neue Ensemble.
Musik 21 im NDR: Life Cycle
Julian Anderson (*1967):
Life Cycle (2018 – 2025, 43’) gp
Soprano with flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
commissioned by Freundeskreises Hauskonzert Musik für heute
I »Tombeau de Edgar Allan Poe« (2018)
Sonnet of the same title by Stéphane Mallarmé
on the occasion of Claude Debussy's centenary of death
commissioned by BCMG Sound Investment Scheme
II »Le 3 Mai« (2020)
from a mail by Ahmed Essyad, 3 Mai 2020,
commissioned by Oliver Zeffman
III »Nunca vi Granada« (2022)
poem for Federico Garcia Lorca by Raffael Alberti
commissioned by BCMG Sound Investment Scheme
IV »Mitternachtslied« (2023)
»Oh Mensch! gib acht …« by Friedrich Nietzsche
commissioned by Freundeskreis Hauskonzert Musik für heute
V »THUS« (2023)
drawn from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
commissioned by the Nash Ensemble
VI »When I come back« (2024)
on Derick Thomsons Gaelic poem, sung in English
commissioned by the Nash Ensemble
VII »Psalm« (2024 / 2025)
aus Psalm 4 von Bertolt Brecht
commissioned by Freundeskreis Hauskonzert Musik für heute
and BCMG Sound Investment Scheme
VIII »GO ON« (2025)
on Tom Phillips' book POETRY GO ON
commissioned by Nicole und Bill Barry, Catherine de Izarra and Andreas Büchting, Gerlinde Harig in memory of Hans-Dieter, Heidi and Gunter Dunkel
and
»Ring Dance« (2017, 10’) for two violins
»Aalto Staircase« from »Landscapes« (2019, 4’) cello solo
»Nuits« from »Sensation« (2015/16, 5’) piano solo
Anna Dennis (Soprano)
Stephan Meier (conductor)
The composer's present.
We're lucky to have one of the foremost British composers back in Niedersachsen.
The title doesn't leave in doubt what this is about: it's his life reflected in this song cycle, its international tendencies and search for home beyond nationality.
"I named the result Life Cycle as these works reflect changes in my life – and not only mine - through the seven years of its composition."