Dreams
by Erik Bergman
for children's or female chorus and soloists
Description
Dreams är en tresatsig svit för barnkör. Den är tillägnad Tapiolakören och dess dirigent Erkki Pohjola., på vilkens uppmaning kompositionen är skriven. Körens virtuosa teknik och genomskinliga klang har föresvävat mig. Titeln Dreams antyder att musiken i de tre satserna vill tala till interpreternas och åhörarnas fantasi. Notationen ger dirigenten och kören en viss improvisatorisk frihet. Där förekommer onomatopoetiska ljud, viskningar, partier för talröst och sång, skiftande färgvalörer, klangfält och virtuosa figurer som låter kören ge uttryck för sin musikaliska inlevelse. Där finns också solistiska inslag. Den andra satsen med sitt sopransolo är lied-artad i sin melodibildning.
© Erik Bergman
Dreams ist eine dreiteilige Suite (Echos, Einsamkeit, Unruhe) für Kinderchor. Das Werk ist dem Tapiola Chor und Dirigenten Erkki Pohjola gewidmet, der die Komposition anregte. Ich dachte bei der Arbeit an die virtuose Technik und den transparenten Klang des Chores. Der Titel Dreams zeigt, daß die Musik die Phantasie sowohl der Interpreten als auch der Zuhörer anregen will. Die Noten lassen dem Dirigenten und dem Chor eine gewisse improvisatorische Freiheit. Es erscheinen onomatopoetische Laute, Flüstern, Sätze für Sprechstimme und Gesang, wechselnde Klangfarben, Klangfelder und virtuose Figuren, mit denen der Chor sein musikalisches Einfühlungsvermögen ausdrücken kann. Es gibt auch Solopartien: Der zweite Satz mit einem Sopransolo ist in seiner Melodieführung liedartig angelegt.
© Erik Bergman
Instrumentation chc/chf, sopr solo, alto solo
Instrument codes
Abbreviation | Instrument |
Woodwind | |
acl | alto clarinet |
afl | alto flute |
arec | alto recorder |
asax | alto saxophone |
barsax | baritone saxophone |
barhn | baritone horn |
bcl | bass clarinet |
bfl | bass flute |
bob | bass oboe |
bsax | bass saxophone |
bsn | bassoon |
cbsn | contrabassoon |
cl | clarinet |
ehn | English horn |
fl | flute |
hn | French horn |
ob | oboe |
pic | piccolo |
rec | recorder |
sax | saxophone |
srec | soprano recorder |
ssax | soprano saxophone |
trec | tenor recorder |
tsax | tenor saxophone |
Brass | |
ahn | alto horn |
atrb | altotrombone |
barhn | baritone horn |
btrb | bass trombone |
cornet | cornet |
euph | euphonium |
fhn | flugelhorn |
hn | French horn |
tba | tuuba |
thn | tenor horn |
trb | trombone |
trp | trumpet |
Percussion | |
dr | drums |
glock | glockenspiel |
mar | marimba |
perc | percussion |
timp | timpani |
vibr | vibraphone |
xyl | xylophone |
Strings | |
db | double bass |
gamba | viola da gamba |
str | strings |
vla | viola |
vlc | cello |
vln | violin |
Other | |
acc | accordion |
cel | celesta |
cemb | harpsichord |
chords | chords |
elbas | electric bass |
elg | electric guitar |
elorg | electric organ |
elpno | electric piano |
guit | guitar |
harm | harmonium |
hca | harmonica |
hp | harp |
instr | instrument |
kantele | kantele |
keyb | keyboard |
live electr | live electronics |
mand | mandolin |
mel | melody |
org | organ |
pno | piano |
synth | synthesizer |
tape | tape |
Vocal | |
alto | alto |
baryt | baritone |
basso | bass voice |
ch | choir |
chc | childrens choir |
chf | female choir |
chm | male choir |
chx | mixed choir |
cten | countertenor |
mezzo | mezzo-soprano |
sopr | soprano |
speaker | speaker |
ten | tenor |
voc | vocal |
Coding for instrument ensembles and orchestras
Symphony orchestra | |
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings |
Wind band | |
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists |
Big band | |
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums |
Additional codes | |
+ | fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo |
/ | pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ |
lib | ad libitum |
obl | obligato |
str | str: 65432 = specified number of string players |
str min | str min: 65432 = at least 65432 |
str max | str max: 65432 = not more than 65432 |
solo | vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin |
Category Vocal and Choral Works
Opus no. op.85
Premiere
Girls' Choir of the Kodály Music School, cond. Zoltan Körics, Debrecen, March 29, 1982
Movements 1. Echoes, 2. Solitude, 3. Restlessness
Commisioned by / dedications Dedicated to Erkki Pohjola and the Tapiola Choir
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