Three Sonnets of Shakespeare

by Christian Holmqvist

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Christian Holmqvist

Three Sonnets of Shakespeare

Music Finland

Description

I tried to set some of Shakespeare’s sonnets to music already in the late 1980:s. At that point I was still an autodidact as a composer, so the result was awkward. In 2003 I returned to the idea of writing a small sonnet-cycle. Some changes were made to the score after the first performance in 2008. The songs share common themes about love and creativity, but they may be performed separately.

© Christian Holmqvist 2018


Instrumentation

voc, pno


Category

Vocal and Choral Works


Lyricist

William Shakespeare


Premiere

Marika Kivinen, soprano, Laura Heikkilä, piano, Turku, May 12, 2008


Movements

1. Sonnet 12 (When I do count the Clock), 2. Sonnet 19 (Devouring Time), 3. Sonnet 76 (Why is my verse so barren of new pride?)


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Archive number

MF33379


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