Two Elegies (2006)

Chamber

1 Dec

1. …gementes et flentes…
2. These Black Thoughts

Pno, perc, vcl

Duration:
4′

First Performance:
05 January 2007
Kokoro, Concert Hall, Bristol University, Bristol, UK

Scotland Première:
13 November 2013
Aberdeen University Contemporary Music Group, Phillip Cooke, King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen

Score

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Programme note

Two Elegies were both written as off-shoots from larger projects that I was currently working on, and therefore inhabit the sound worlds of those particular pieces. The first elegy, …gementes et flentes…came directly from the large ensemble work Salve Regina (the title is taken from the antiphon) and features the quasi-religioso style present in that work. The second, These Black Thoughts… came directly from the song-cycle of WWII poems, Threnody, where a dark-hued nature and arioso melodic style come to the fore.

PAC

Recording

Tobias Patrick Wolf

Tobias is an award-winning German conductor and composer based in North East Scotland. He is Music Director of the renowned King’s Studio Orchestra (Scotland), the Braeside Singers (Aberdeen) and Principal Guest Conductor of the German Winds. Tobias is PhD researcher at the University of Aberdeen, exploring hybrid composition and performance practice. Sought after as guest conductor for ensembles around the globe, he brings new music to life — for audiences in the concert hall, on radio and television, and across multi-platform online streaming services.

https://www.tpwolf.com