Chantefleurs et Chantefables

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Chantefleurs et Chantefables is a song cycle for soprano and orchestra set to the poems of Robert Desnos[1] by the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski. The work was composed from 1989 to 1991 and was first performed at The Proms by the soprano Solveig Kringlebotn and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer on August 8, 1991.[2] The piece is Lutosławski's second composition set to the poetry of Robert Desnos, following 1975's Les Espaces du sommeil.[3][4]

Structure

Chantefleurs et Chantefables has a duration of approximately 16 minutes and is composed in nine movements:[2]

  1. La Belle-de-Nuit[1]: 1351 [5]
  2. La Sauterelle[1]: 1330 [6]
  3. La Véronique[1]: 1345 [7]
  4. L'Églantine, l'aubépine et la glycine[1]: 1349 [8]
  5. La Tortue[1]: 1336 [9]
  6. La Rose[1]: 1350 [10]
  7. L'Alligator[1]: 1332 [11]
  8. L'Angélique[1]: 1343 [12]
  9. Le Papillon[1]: 1327 [13]

Instrumentation

The work is scored for solo soprano and a small orchestra consisting of flute, oboe, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet and E-flat clarinet), bassoon (doubling contrabassoon), trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion, timpani, harp, piano (doubling celesta), and strings.[2]

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