• Per Nørgård
  • Gondellied (1984)

  • Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)

”Gondellied” may be performed together with "Plutonian Ode (for baryton and cello) with the title ”In Extremis”(1984). I. Gondellied. II. Plutonian Ode.

  • vc
  • Baritone
  • 6 min

Programme Note

Gondellied” is a composed to a poem by Nietzsche from his late years. It is a solo version of the 3rd prologue in my opera “The Divine Circus”, about the schizophrenic artist Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930), using his texts, besides for the three prologues with texts by Ted Hughes, William Shakespeare og Friedrich Nietzsche.

Per Nørgård (1984)

Work information: The Baryton/cello-version of ”Gondellied” may be performed together with “Plutonian Ode (for baryton and cello) with the title ”In Extremis”(1984). I. Gondellied. II. Plutonian Ode