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- Aaron Jay Kernis
Simple Songs (soprano and chamber orchestra) (1991)
- Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
- 1(pic).100/1000/perc/hp/str (min 6.6.4.3.2)
- Soprano
- 20 min
- “The Enlightened Heart,” ed. Stephen Mitchell: Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179); Bible: Psalms; Rumi
- English
Programme Note
Kernis' luminous setting of texts from the Book of Psalms, the 12th-century abbess Hildegard von Bingen, Ryokan (a Japanese Zen master), and Rumi, the Sufi poet, form a striking, majestically orchestrated song cycle for high voice and chamber orchestra. The essence of each is religious in aspect and Kernis aptly communicates this with music of deep feeling and intensity.
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- Kinship Across Time: Aaron Jay Kernis and the Orchestral Canon
- Wise Music Classical is pleased to present a selection of pairings between the music of Aaron Jay Kernis and masterworks of the classical tradition, curated and annotated by Kernis himself.
