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  • Kaija Saariaho

  • Überzeugung (2001)
    (Uberzeugung)

  • Chester Music Ltd (World)
  • vn, vc, crotale (can be played by one of the singers)
  • 3 female voices [=female choir]
  • 2 min
  • Friedrich Hölderlin
  • German

Programme Note

Überzeugung

Als wie der Tag die Menschen hell umscheinet,
Und mit dem Lichte, das den Höh’n entspringet,
Die dämmernden Erscheinungen vereinet,
Ist Wissen, welches tief der Geistigkeit gelinget,

Friedrich Hölderlin
(um 1841)

Features

  • Kaija Saariaho’s Poetic Montages
    • Kaija Saariaho’s Poetic Montages
    • From the very beginning of her career as a composer, Kaija Saariaho has turned to poetry as a material and inspiration for her music. The forms and logics of poetry have played a defining role in her output since then.

Reviews

Saariaho indicates in the booklet that this work was composed for the Salzburg Music Festival as a tribute to their departing general director, Gerard Mortier. The text - Hölderlin's brief meditation on the origins of knowledge - is set with slow, spacious music for three women's voices, crotales, violin and cello in what is perhaps the brightest and most optimistic of Saariaho's sound worlds showcased on the album.

John Dante Prevedini, Classical Music Daily
17th June 2023

Discography

Saariaho: Reconnaissance

Saariaho: Reconnaissance
  • Label
    BIS
  • Catalogue Number
    BIS2662
  • Conductor
    Nils Schweckendiek
  • Ensemble
    Helsinki Chamber Choir / Uusinta Ensemble
  • Released
    30th June 2023

As Dreams

As Dreams
  • Label
    BIS
  • Catalogue Number
    BIS-2139
  • Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  • Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir / Oslo Sinfonietta
  • Released
    7th September 2016