Whitman Settings

这首由四首歌曲组成的 12 分钟作品集最初于 1991 年为声乐和钢琴而作，后来经过配器，成为克努森迄今为止创作的最复杂、最万花筒般的乐曲之一，在细腻和闪烁的质感中运用了大量的力量。开篇歌曲《当我听到学识渊博的天文学家》（When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer）发展了《烟花灿烂》（Flourish with Fireworks）中惊心动魄的异音质感。克努森说："沃尔特-惠特曼的这些诗歌极具震撼力，但又异常简短，吸引我的原因是它们在小画布上描绘了宏大的自然现象"，他将这部作品描述为 "一部简洁的四乐章交响曲，对太空或天空中的事物进行思索"

作曲家: Knussen, Oliver
乐器: Soprano Voice, Orchestra
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Originally composed for voice and piano in 1991, this 12-minute collection of four songs was later orchestrated to create one of the most intricate and kaleidoscopic scores Knussen has created to date, deploying large forces in textures which are often delicate and shimmering. The opening song ‘When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer’, develops the thrilling heterophonic textures found in Flourish with Fireworks. ‘These characteristically powerful but unusually short poems of Walt Whitman attracted me because they deal with grand natural phenomena on small canvases’ says Knussen, who describes the work as ‘a concise four-movement symphony that muses on things in space or sky.’ ‘A treat… As in his operas, Knussen displays a rare feeling for word-setting and graceful melodic writing.’ The Sunday Times (Hugh Canning), 23 June 1991 ‘Exultant and glittering.’ The Guardian (Andrew Clements), 4 August 1994