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Day And Night (1982)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
2 short songs (tetxs: Ted Hughes, William Shakespeare)for alto, piano (and cello ad lib.).
The second song (How silver sweet) also available in a version (original high version) for soprano and piano.
For Hanne Stavad
- pf, vc ad lib
- Bass
- 4 min
- Ted Hughes, William Shakespeare
Programme Note
Two short songs for alto, piano (and cello ad lib.).
The contrasting constellation of these two poems (Ted Hughes´ ”A Kill” and William Shakespeare´s ”How Silver sweet sound”, from Romeo and Juliet, act 2, III) do not call for much explanation by the composer: the world´s woes in Hughes´ poem (in the form of delivery problems during a child’s birth) is follow by the balsamic words of love – to the night – by Shakespeare. Another ode to the night might have been chosen, I do not know any other that, in so few words, creates such an atmosphere of love and enchanted night as this poem by Shakespeare.
Per Nørgård
The contrasting constellation of these two poems (Ted Hughes´ ”A Kill” and William Shakespeare´s ”How Silver sweet sound”, from Romeo and Juliet, act 2, III) do not call for much explanation by the composer: the world´s woes in Hughes´ poem (in the form of delivery problems during a child’s birth) is follow by the balsamic words of love – to the night – by Shakespeare. Another ode to the night might have been chosen, I do not know any other that, in so few words, creates such an atmosphere of love and enchanted night as this poem by Shakespeare.
Per Nørgård