- Per Nørgård
Libra (10 str. guitar-version) (1973)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
Stefan Östersjo
Programme Note
LIBRA (1973) – for 10 string guitar
1. Preludio
2. Aria: Die Welt erhalten welten
3. Interludio - Toccata
4. Epilogo: O Welten, traget Welten
5. Postludio
LIBRA was originally a commission-work for guitar, but during the compositional process a vocal part was liberated from the musical material, a part that could be provided with words from the Rudolf Steiner’s poem "Libra". Gradually two choruses and ten movements were created around this part and texts from David’s Psalms were added.
LIBRA is a characteristic example of my "hierachical music": Slow and rapid versions of the same melodies, series of accords are coupled in continuously new constellations but always based in harmony, as expressed in Steiners poem "Die Welt erhaltet welten" (”The world contains worlds”). David Psalms (sung in German) are also included in the work.
From this, one hour long, integral version it is possible, from the score, to design other versions for other instrument combinations and of shorter duration, for instance for Tenor and Guitar.
In this version for 10 string guitar , arranged by Stefan Östersjö - and dedicated to him - all the parts of the Tenor/Guitar-version are combined in one instrument.
Per Nørgård
1. Preludio
2. Aria: Die Welt erhalten welten
3. Interludio - Toccata
4. Epilogo: O Welten, traget Welten
5. Postludio
LIBRA was originally a commission-work for guitar, but during the compositional process a vocal part was liberated from the musical material, a part that could be provided with words from the Rudolf Steiner’s poem "Libra". Gradually two choruses and ten movements were created around this part and texts from David’s Psalms were added.
LIBRA is a characteristic example of my "hierachical music": Slow and rapid versions of the same melodies, series of accords are coupled in continuously new constellations but always based in harmony, as expressed in Steiners poem "Die Welt erhaltet welten" (”The world contains worlds”). David Psalms (sung in German) are also included in the work.
From this, one hour long, integral version it is possible, from the score, to design other versions for other instrument combinations and of shorter duration, for instance for Tenor and Guitar.
In this version for 10 string guitar , arranged by Stefan Östersjö - and dedicated to him - all the parts of the Tenor/Guitar-version are combined in one instrument.
Per Nørgård