Sirène
Composer: Edward Yadzinski
Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
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| Movement/Section | Duration: 6.75 |
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From the composer:
"Sirène - a beautiful maiden of the sea - is destined to lure a noble sea Captain to her dwelling place many fathoms below. However, because of his fearless desire for her, she spares him and renounces her deadly song and the right to claim him forever. She is therefore banished from the sacred choir of sirens and condemned to roam the endless depths alone.Overwhelmed by the Captain's love and the anguish of her sacrifice, Sirène sings the ancient chant La Folia, and slowly falls into madness. Intoxicated with sorrow and longing, she consummates her desperation with Danse à la Folie (Dance of Madness).
But, from far above, the pearly sails of her seaman's vessel capture the brilliant beams of the sun. As if radiated through a prism, the light projects deeply into the waters, flooding the ocean floor with carmine, violet, green and gold ---- the eternal colors of lovers lost at sea.
In ecstasy under the shower of light, Sirène reclaims her sublime chant (Sirène enchantée) and conjures a great whirlpool below the ship. Thrilled by the sound of her mystic tone, the seaman vaults into the turgid sea to join his beloved. A great whirling chaos rises as a cyclone to the sun, bearing the Captain and Sirène into the heavens in exalted plumes of vapor, light and sound."
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Pages: 5
Pages (score):
Publisher Code: AL30363
UPC: 9790046303630
ISBN:
ISMN: 9790046303630
Length: 30.5 cm
Width: 23 cm
Thickness: 0.133 cm
Weight: 60 g
