DAWN

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.




RECORDINGS

sr   Hogeschool Antwerpen KVC 2000)
‘Compositieklas Willem Kersters’
DAWN
Instrumental Ensemble & Chorus, 
cond. Michael Scheck, 
Noëlle schepens, mezzo
www.ap.be/koninklijk-conservatorium

SCORE

Norsk Musikforlag (publisher)

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INSTRUMENTATION / EXTRA INFORMATION

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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