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Oorspronklik

John Tavener. Epistle Of Love. Sheet Music. Piano, Soprano. PF. SOP. John Tavener.

Vertaling

John Tavener. Brief van die liefde. Sheet Music. Klavier, sopraan. PF. SOP. John Tavener.

Oorspronklik

In this small-scale song cycle, Taverner coloured his melodic Soprano lines with Eastern European and Slavic flavour. At some points the composer interplayed the Piano line with the sung melody and at other times used the Piano as drone and allows the Vocal line to soar above. The ‘love’ of the title is, according to the composer, ‘the notion of Eros raised to the divine,’ and the texts are written mostly by monks. John Tavener was that rare creature, a composer of serious music and serious religious music, who has also achieved commercial success. He burst into the popular consciousness with the performance of his Song for Athene at the funeral of Princess Diana, but had been a highly respected and frequently-performed composer since the premiere of his dramatic cantata The Whale in 1968.

Vertaling

In this small-scale song cycle, Taverner coloured his melodic Soprano lines with Eastern European and Slavic flavour. At some points the composer interplayed the Piano line with the sung melody and at other times used the Piano as drone and allows the Vocal line to soar above. The ‘love’ of the title is, according to the composer, ‘the notion of Eros raised to the divine,’ and the texts are written mostly by monks. John Tavener was dat rare wesens, 'n komponis van ernstige musiek en ernstige godsdienstige musiek, wat ook bereik kommersiële sukses. Hy bars in die populêre bewustheid met die uitvoering van sy Song vir Athene by die begrafnis van prinses Diana, maar was 'n hoogs gerespekteerde en dikwels-uitgevoer komponis sedert die première van sy dramatiese kantate The Whale in 1968.