Skylark - Clear Voices In The Dark - COMPACT DISCS [CD]
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- Description: After a pilgrimage to Rocamadour I had the idea of composing a clandestine work which could be prepared in secret and then performed on the long-awaited day of liberation. With great enthusiasm I began Figure Humaine and completed it by the end of the summer. I composed the work for unaccompanied choir because I wanted this act of faith to be performed without instrumental aid, by sole means of the human voice. -Francis PoulencInchThe day the Americans arrived, I triumphantly placed my cantata on the studio desk, beneath my flag, at the window.Inch-Francis PoulencInchFrancis, I never heard myself. Francis, I needed you to understand me.Inch-Paul eluardI believe that great art is often the product of great difficulty and tribulation, in many cases for the artist themselves. I also think art borne out of a time of societal turmoil can be even more profound, and can shed light today on what it was like to live and endure through tragedies of the past.Figure Humaine is one of the ultimate artistic achievements from a time of turmoil. Composed by Francis Poulenc in 1943 in occupied France, it was composed in secret, inspired by the resistance poems of the surrealist poet Paul eluard (poems that were distributed under plain cover during the occupation). It is one of the most profound pieces in the a cappella choral repertoire, if also one of the most difficult. Scored for double choir in six parts each, it is a vocal gauntlet which requires unmatched concentration and musicianship from every singer involved to mount a successful performance. Given that the piece was written at a time when victory was by no means assured, I believe that the difficulty of the work was intentional; to be worthy of the expressive task of communicating eluard's wartime thoughts, I think Poulenc believed that a choir must possess outstanding commitment, dedication, and skill.Because of it's chall
- Artist: Skylark
- Title: Clear Voices In The Dark
- Format: CD
- Label: Sono Luminus
- Release Date: 05/24/2024
- Genre: Classical
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- Product Name: Skylark - Clear Voices In The Dark - COMPACT DISCS
- UPC: 053479227805
After a pilgrimage to Rocamadour I had the idea of composing a clandestine work which could be prepared in secret and then performed on the long-awaited day of liberation. With great enthusiasm I began Figure Humaine and completed it by the end of the summer. I composed the work for unaccompanied choir because I wanted this act of faith to be performed without instrumental aid, by sole means of the human voice. -Francis PoulencInchThe day the Americans arrived, I triumphantly placed my cantata on the studio desk, beneath my flag, at the window.Inch-Francis PoulencInchFrancis, I never heard myself. Francis, I needed you to understand me.Inch-Paul eluardI believe that great art is often the product of great difficulty and tribulation, in many cases for the artist themselves. I also think art borne out of a time of societal turmoil can be even more profound, and can shed light today on what it was like to live and endure through tragedies of the past.Figure Humaine is one of the ultimate artistic achievements from a time of turmoil. Composed by Francis Poulenc in 1943 in occupied France, it was composed in secret, inspired by the resistance poems of the surrealist poet Paul eluard (poems that were distributed under plain cover during the occupation). It is one of the most profound pieces in the a cappella choral repertoire, if also one of the most difficult. Scored for double choir in six parts each, it is a vocal gauntlet which requires unmatched concentration and musicianship from every singer involved to mount a successful performance. Given that the piece was written at a time when victory was by no means assured, I believe that the difficulty of the work was intentional; to be worthy of the expressive task of communicating eluard's wartime thoughts, I think Poulenc believed that a choir must possess outstanding commitment, dedication, and skill.Because of it's chall
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