Julian anderson, martyn brabbins, oliver knussen, sakari. Book of hours martyn brabbins, simon halsey, oliver knussen, sakari oramo on allmusic. Of these, the title work seems the best despite a weak ending, it demonstrates the most secure blend of expressive devices that anderson is interested in, down to the tasteful and sparse use of electronic sounds employed. It is the weightiest piece on the disc and perhaps the most immediately attractive. Love poems to god i am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough. I have become totally smitten by rilke and so the album features the english translation of a handful of the poems from the book of hours set to my compositions. As christ in the parable of the rich young man demands the abandonment of all treasures, so in this book the poet sees the coming of the kingdom, the fulfilment of all our longings for a nearness to god when we have become simple again like little children and poor in possessions like god himself.
The five pieces on book of hours were written in connection with anderson s residency with city of birmingham symphony orchestra. Provided to youtube by naxos of america book of hours. Book of hours martyn brabbins, simon halsey, oliver knussen, sakari. How the combination of orchestral and electronic music is so convincingly combined in this recording is a wonder.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The book of hours is the title work and the longest at nearly 25 minutes over two movements of roughly equal length. Rilke was inspired esthetically by the pious life of russian monks to write his book of hours, which moved his verse not towards traditionalism but further towards modernism. The hour is striking so close above me, so clear and sharp, that all my senses ring with it. Rainer maria rilkes the book of hours cambridge core. Love poems to god rainer maria rilke, anita barrows, joanna macy on. The book of hours displays all the orchestral virtuosity to be found in andersons other work again with the use again of micro tonality and of the instruments natural harmonics. Stundenbuch by rainer maria rilke, anita barrows, joanna marie macy, 1996, riverhead books edition, in english rilke s book of hours 1996 edition open library donate. Listen to your favorite songs from julian anderson. The poet was rainer maria rilke, and these love poems to god make up his book of hours. Im so glad i got introduced to rilke s words, im trying to dive into his marvelous style, to dig into each and every stanza and im completely amazed. I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. The composers idea was to begin part 2 of the work as a.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of julian anderson books online. Just thought id comment on your post as i thought you might be interested that ive released an album called widening circles. The intervention of electronic music is powerful and in no way gimmicky. Provided to youtube by naxos of america eden city of birmingham symphony orchestra julian anderson.
Anita barrows is the author of a year with rilke 4. The last part of the book of hours, the book of poverty and death, is finally a symphony of variations on the two great symbolic themes in the work of rilke. We would like to point out that the crackling noise present on track 2 of book of hours track 9 of the album is intentional. Rilkes book of hours quotes showing of 47 i live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.
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