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I ‘This is the truth sent from above’ (baritone solo with wordless choral accompaniment)
II ‘Come all you worthy gentlemen’ (chorus and orchestra)
III ‘On Christmas night’ (solo baritone)
IV The last verses of parts II and III combined, words and music: final apotheosis with prominent chimes and repeated references to ‘A Virgin most Pure’. (Earlier in the work there is a fleeting reference to ‘The First Nowell’ but quite sharp ears are needed to spot it.) Then ‘the wassailers’ voices vanish into the distance, across the snow-covered fields and away into the night’. (Michael Kennedy).
from notes by Christopher Palmer © 1990
I «This is the truth sent from above» (baryton solo avec accompagnement choral sine littera)
II «Come all you worthy gentlemen» (chœur et orchestre)
III «On Christmas night» (baryton solo)
IV Les derniers vers de 2 et 3 combinés, paroles et musique: apothéose finale, avec proéminents carillons et références répétées à «A Virgin most Pure». (Auparavant dans l’œuvre, on aura noté une référence fugitive à «The First Nowell», que seules des oreilles fines peuvent repérer.) Puis les voix des «wassailers [littéralement, ceux qui chantent des chants de Noël dehors – N.d.T.] s’évanouissent dans le lointain, par-delà les champs recouverts de neige, dans la nuit» (Michael Kennedy).
extrait des notes rédigées par Christopher Palmer © 1990
Français: Hypérion
I Baritonsolo mit wortloser Chorbegleitung („This is the truth sent from above“)
II „Come all you worthy gentlemen“ (Chor und Orchester)
III „On Christmas night“ (Solobariton)
IV Die letzten Zeilen von 2 und 3 kombiniert, in Text und Musik; Schlußformel mit hervorstechendem Glockenklang und wiederholten Verweisen auf „A Virgin most Pure“—eine reine Jungfrau. (Zuvor hat es einen flüchtigen Verweis auf „The First Nowell“ gegeben, aber man braucht ein ausgezeichnetes Gehör, um ihn zu entdecken.) Dann „verlieren sich die Stimmen der Zecher in der Ferne, über die schneebedeckten Felder und hinaus in die Nacht“ (zit. Michael Kennedy).
aus dem Begleittext von Christopher Palmer © 1990
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller
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