Larcher, T: A Padmore Cycle
Eleven pieces for tenor and piano
tenor and piano (TEN/PF)
Larcher, T: A Padmore Cycle
Eleven pieces for tenor and piano
tenor and piano (TEN/PF)
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Larcher’s original work for tenor and prepared piano is shaped closely around the text of short poems and fragments collected by the composer. Despite its fragmentary nature a continuum is created, each 'song' led seamlessly on to the next by a thread of sound.
Contents
- I Ich Schreibe (I will write)
- II Almauftrieb (Transhumance)
- III Hart Am Herz (Hard at Heart)
- IV Familie Numero Drei (Family Numero Three)
- V Hunger Nach Heimat Die Keine Mehr Ist (Hunger for a Homeland That No Longer is One)
- VI Los Los (Come on, come on)
- VII Ferdl (Freddy)
- VIII Und beim Weggehen schmilzt aus den Augen der Schnee (And as they leave, the snow melts from their eyes)
- XI Lange zögern die Steine (The stones hesitate for a long time)
- X Dein Wort mein Blinderhund (Your word is my guide dog)
- XI der körper des vogels am weg (The bird’s body on the path)
- poems nr. 1-8 by Hans Aschenwals, poems nr. 9-11 by Alois Hotschnig. English translation by Tess Lewis.
