Work
Alexander von Zemlinsky Composer
Lyrische Symphonie for soprano, baritone & orchestra, Op.18
Performances: 4
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Lyrische Symphonie for soprano, baritone & orchestra, Op.18Year: 1922-23
- 1.Ich bin friedlos
- 2.Mutter, der junge Prinz
- 3.Du bist die Abendwolke
- 4.Sprich zu mir, Geliebter
- 5.Befrei mich von den Banden
- 6.Vollende denn das letzte Lied
- 7.Friede, mein Herz
- 1.Ich bin friedlos
- 2.Mutter, der junge Prinz
- 3.Du bist die Abendwolke
- 4.Sprich zu mir, Geliebter
- 5.Befrei mich von den Banden
- 6.Vollende denn das letzte Lied
- 7.Friede, mein Herz
- 1.Ich bin friedios
- 2.Mutter, der junge Prinz
- 3.Du bist die Abendwolke
- 4.Sprich zu mir, Geliebter
- 5.Befrei' mich von den Banden
- 6.Vollende denn das letzte Lied
- 7.Friede, mein Herz
- 1.Langsam - mit ernst-leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck "Ich bin friedlos, ich bin durstig nach fernen D
- 2.Lebhaft "Mutter, der junge Prinz muá an unserer Türe vorbeikommen"
- 3.Sehr ruhig und mit innigem, ernstem Ausdruck - Adagio "Du bist die Abendwolke, die am Himmel mei
- 4.Langsam - schwebend, sehr ruhig "Sprich zu mir, Geliebter! Sag mir mit Worten, was du sangest"
- 5.Feurig und kraftvoll "Befrei mich von den Banden deiner Süáe, Lieb!"
- 6.Sehr mäáige Viertel (Andante) "Vollende denn das letzte Lied und laá uns auseinandergehn"
- 7.Molto Adagio "Friede, mein Herz, laá die Zeit für das Scheiden süá sein"
Alexander Zemlinsky wrote to his publisher in September 1922, "This summer I've written something along the lines of The Song of the Earth. I haven't got a name for it yet. It consists of seven related songs for baritone, soprano, and orchestra to be played without a break." After receiving the name Lyrische Symphonie, it was premiered under Zemlinsky in 1924 at the German Theater in Prague, where Zemlinsky had been the music director since 1911. The work sets seven poems by Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore that record the course of a love affair from conception to fulfillment and dissolution. The harmonic language is highly erotic, lushly decadent, and sometimes almost atonal. The melodies are extremely expressive and often intensely sensual. The orchestration is richly oriental and exquisitely colorful. Although clearly a work after The Song of the Earth, Zemlinsky's Lyrische Symphonie is still an extremely affecting piece of post-fin de siècle passionate, sexual pessimism.
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