for mezzo-soprano, female choir and instrumental ensemble
DAWN was composed in 1992 for mezzo-soprano, female choir and instrumental ensemble (flute, harp, string quartet and percussion) in commmission of the ‘Festival der Voorkempen’.
In this cantate the composer is giving musical expression to 3 poems of the Lebanese prophet Kahlil Gibran. Song of the Rain, Song of the Flower and Song of Love were written as a whole.
This composition is characterised by the positive, wonderfully poetic, but simple text and by the sober and transparant orchestration.
By extending the vocal techniques and by using specific instrumental procedures a sound world arises which is trying to reveal the nature and the essence of the text.
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Hogeschool Antwerpen KVC 2000) ‘Compositieklas Willem Kersters’ DAWN Instrumental Ensemble & Chorus, cond. Michael Scheck, Noëlle schepens, mezzo www.ap.be/koninklijk-conservatorium |
for mezzo-soprano, female choir and instrumental ensemble (8 musicians)
(text: Kahlil Gibran)
(+/- 20’)
instrumentation: mezzo-soprano / female choir/ fl / hp/ perc / vln1, vln2, vla, vcl, db
first performance: June 18, 1992 at the Festival Schilde-Bergen (BE)
Mireille Capelle, soprano
Eugène Ysaÿe Ensemble
cond. Koen Kessels
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