for | Voice (soprano), piano |
Musical Editions | Music score |
Item no. | 474647 |
Author / Composer | Kaija Saariaho |
Text | Guillaume Apollinaire |
Language | french |
Scope | 3 pages; 21 × 29.7 cm |
Publisher / Producer | Wilhelm Hansen Musikforlag |
Producer No. | WHJM00001 |
ISBN | 9788759853443 |
This 1985 work by Kaija Saariaho is a short and unusual piece that sets a text by Guillaume Apollinaire for Soprano and Piano or Harp. Sparse and delicate in texture, the Piano follows a simple non-rhythmic flurry of notes that trigger and accompany the voice in counterpoint. The result is a more complex flow of tones that seems to free fall around the ears. Composed by commission for the tenth anniversary of the Jasemusiikki Publishing House.