True fire : for baritone and orchestra (2014) /
Saariaho, Kaija,composer.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,1803-1882,author.
Heaney, Seamus,1939-2013,author.
Darwīsh, Maḥmūd,author.
Zelmenis, Raimonds,arranger of music.
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre national de France; premiered in Los Angeles, May 2015.
Duration: approximately 30 minutes.
Proposition I / text by Ralph Waldo Emerson -- River / text by Seamus Heaney -- Proposition II / text by Emerson -- Lullaby / Songs of the Tewa -- Farewell / text by Mahmoud Darwish -- Proposition III / text by Emerson.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Darwīsh, Maḥmūd
Darwīsh, Maḥmūd.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013.
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
Song cycles.
Song cycles.
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra