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Symphony No. 3 (Nørgård)
Per Nørgård's Symphony No. 3 is a choral symphony, composed between 1972 and 1975 for a vocal soloist, two choirs and a large orchestra. The symphony features the composer's infinity series. Texts used in the second and last movement are the medieval hymn Ave maris stella, Rilke's sonnet "Sonnets to Orpheus, Singe die Gärten" and Rückert's "Du bist die Ruh'" in Schubert's setting. The symphony is part of the Danish Culture Canon. History Nørgård believed in symphonies when the form was becoming out of fashion. He was encouraged by Jean Sibelius, whose symphonies Nørgård regarded as "in touch with the timeless forces of existence, with nature in the broadest sense". In 1972, the Music Department of the DR (broadcaster), Danish Radio commissioned Nørgård to create a large-scale symphonic work. The Third Symphony was composed over the next three years, during which Nørgård was given the opportunity to test fragments of his composition with both small ensembles and a full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choral Symphony
A choral symphony is a musical composition for orchestra, choir, and sometimes solo (music), solo vocalists that, in its internal workings and overall musical architecture, adheres broadly to symphony, symphonic musical form. The term "choral symphony" in this context was coined by Hector Berlioz when he described his ''Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz), Roméo et Juliette'' as such in his five-paragraph introduction to that work."Avant-Propos de l'auteur", Reiter-Biedermann's vocal score (Winterthur, 1858), p. 1. As quoted in The direct antecedent for the choral symphony is Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven), Ninth Symphony. Beethoven's Ninth incorporates part of the ode ''An die Freude'' ("Ode to Joy"), a poem by Friedrich Schiller, with text sung by soloists and chorus in the last movement. It is the first example of a major composer's use of the human voice on the same level as instruments in a symphony. A few 19th-century composers, notably Felix Mendelssohn and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
