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- Arne Nordheim
Tre Voci (1988)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
- vn, vc, fl, cl, perc, pf
- Soprano
- 16 min
- Francesco Petrarca, Giordano Bruno and Giuseppe Ungaretti
Programme Note
The work is a setting of poems by three of Italy's great poets: Francesco Petrarcha (1304-74), Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) and Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970).
Spanning several centuries, I feel the poets communicate a common message and meaning, developing from one song to another. In the course of performance, the texts will reveal their roots in a common basis of experience, and asking the same questions. That is why I believe in an underlying continuity of thought across the centuries and beyond the tomb.
- Arne Nordheim
Commissioned by Rikskonsertene in Norway
Spanning several centuries, I feel the poets communicate a common message and meaning, developing from one song to another. In the course of performance, the texts will reveal their roots in a common basis of experience, and asking the same questions. That is why I believe in an underlying continuity of thought across the centuries and beyond the tomb.
- Arne Nordheim
Commissioned by Rikskonsertene in Norway