Contre qui, rose (Against whom, rose) from Les Chansons des Roses

除了大量的德語詩歌創作之外，賴納-里爾克（Rainer Maria Rilke，1875-1926 年）還創作了近 400 首法語詩歌。他關於玫瑰的詩歌給我留下了特別迷人的印象，充滿了華麗的抒情、巧妙的構思和優雅的意象。這些精美的詩歌以輕快、歡愉和俏皮為主，而音樂配樂的設計正是為了強化這些特點，捕捉詩歌的細膩之美和感性。獨特的旋律和和聲素材在整個曲目中反復出現，尤其是里爾克淒美的 "Contre qui, rose"（以懷舊夜曲的形式呈現）和動人的 "La rose complète"。最後一首作品 "Dirait-on "是一首旋律優美的民謠，將前幾個樂章中以片段形式出現的兩個旋律構思交織在一起"

作曲家: Morten Lauridsen
樂器: Choral
出版社: Peermusic
原文簡介:
In addition to his vast output of German poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) composed nearly 400 poems in French. His poems on roses struck me as especially charming, filled with gorgeous lyricism, deftly crafted and elegant in their imagery. These exquisite poems are primarily light, joyous and playful, and the musical settings are designed to enhance these characteristics and capture the delicate beauty and sensuousness of the poetry. Distinct melodic and harmonic materials recur throughout the cycle, especially between Rilke's poignant “Contre qui, rose” (set as a wistful nocturne) and his moving “La rose complète.” The final piece, “Dirait-on,” is composed as a tuneful chanson populaire, or folksong, that weaves together two melodic ideas first heard in fragmentary form in preceding movements.

--Morten Lauridsen