In his settings of five quatrains by Rilke, Cyrill Schürch explores the colorfulness of the literary model. His mainly homophonic, song-like style of setting corresponds to the compactness of the poetry. Schürch wanders freely, but always comprehensibly, through the keys and employs dissonances pointedly and economically. In this way, Schürch’s songs for choir are comparable to Hindemith’s sophisticated choral settings of Rilke, while speaking their very own tonal language. The short compositions with their poetically sanguine basic character will enrich every concert program focused on the topics of nature and landscape. They represent a rewarding project for any choir that finds pleasure in exploring tone colors and delicate emotional nuances.
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Composer
Cyrill Schürch
| 1974
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Editor
Stefan Schuck
| 1963
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Songwriter / Librettist
Rainer Maria Rilke
| 1875-1926Rainer Maria Rilke was an important poet whose works had a profound influence on 20th-century literature. He travelled extensively throughout his life, and his experiences are reflected in his writings. His poems in particular are characterised by profound reflections on questions of love, death, art, faith and human existence. Works such as The Panther and the Sonnets to Orpheus have long been part of the standard repertoire of literary canon. Many of his poems have also been set to music. CARUS has published Rilke's texts in the form of settings of poems describing nature (Cyrill Schürch) and transcriptions of instrumental works for choir (Clytus Gottwald), among others. Personal details
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