general information

composition date
2003-2004
duration
25 min
editor
Schott
Commission
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Libretto (details, author)

Pétrarque, traduit par J. M. Synge

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and plucked strings)

detailed formation

Soloist
soprano, tenor, bass voice

lute

information about the creation

date
November 27, 2003
Royaume-Uni, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
interpreters
Red Byrd

Part titles

  1. Laura being dead, Petrarch finds trouble in all the things of the earth
  2. He asks his heart to raise itself up to God
  3. He wishes he might die and follow Laura
  4. Laura is ever present to him
  5. He considers that he should set little store on earthly beauty
  6. He recalls his visions of her
  7. He finds comfort and rest in his sorrows
  8. He ceases to speak of her graces and her virtues which are no more
  9. He considers the reasons for his verses

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