Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick - Cantata; For the Fallen (1993)

For the Fallen is a beautiful and moving seven-minute work commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and the League of Composers as part of a series commemorating the dead of World War II. The opening establishes the desolate picture of a cemetery, with a solo bassoon sounding a berceuse-like melody in lyric, plaintive triplet rhythm. This slowly builds into a dramatic second theme expressing the agonies and tragedy of the war in which millions have died. The music settles again into the empty grayness of the beginning. A ... Read More

For the Fallen is a beautiful and moving seven-minute work commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and the League of Composers as part of a series commemorating the dead of World War II. The opening establishes the desolate picture of a cemetery, with a solo bassoon sounding a berceuse-like melody in lyric, plaintive triplet rhythm. This slowly builds into a dramatic second theme expressing the agonies and tragedy of the war in which millions have died. The music settles again into the empty grayness of the beginning. A brief phrase from Handel's "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd" is heard played by two flutes, a hope of peace and transcendence surrounded by high, dissonant string chords that produce a surreal setting for the quote. And then the music concludes quietly on a sustained chord. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Rovi Read Less

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