Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Canto di speranza (2008)

Bernd Alois Zimmermann's powerful "ecclesiastical action" Ich wandte mich und sah an alles Unrecht, das geschah unter der Sonne (And turning then, I saw there great injustice that is done under the heavens), completed just days before his suicide, is a bleak depiction of life without hope or meaning. Using dire texts from the book of Ecclesiastes and Dostoevsky's The Grand Inquisitor, it ends with the soloist's desolate repetitions of the phrase "Woe to him who stands alone" and an iteration of the Bach chorale "Es ist ... Read More

Bernd Alois Zimmermann's powerful "ecclesiastical action" Ich wandte mich und sah an alles Unrecht, das geschah unter der Sonne (And turning then, I saw there great injustice that is done under the heavens), completed just days before his suicide, is a bleak depiction of life without hope or meaning. Using dire texts from the book of Ecclesiastes and Dostoevsky's The Grand Inquisitor, it ends with the soloist's desolate repetitions of the phrase "Woe to him who stands alone" and an iteration of the Bach chorale "Es ist genug." The piece is scored for two speakers, bass soloist, and a huge orchestra that's used so sparely that the textures most often resemble chamber music. It's a grim evocation of the loss and emptiness that had overtaken the composer, but also testament to the fertility of his imagination even in his darkest hour. Its tone of desolation is in stark contrast with his Violin Concerto, Zimmermann's first large success, written 20 years earlier in 1950. It has a strong melodic profile,... Read Less

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