The Dying Child (violin, piano, bass clarinet and cello)

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Chamberwork for bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano by Martin Lohse. Violin part is from the solo work Silenzio (violin)

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Score in two parts, one for violin and piano and the other for the added bass clarinet and cello


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There are no parts, the music is played directly from the scores

Recording

Cd recording of the violin part performed on accordion

Silenzio
Mobile

CD/vinyl release with works for solo accordion dedicated to and performed by Bjarke Mogensen
Release date: 11 Aug 2015 at Royal Danish Academy of Music
Record label: Gateway Music

Versions

The work is orchestrated in 2 versions.

WorkYear
The Dying Child (violin and piano)2004
The Dying Child (violin, piano, bass clarinet and cello)2004/2005

Info

Composer Martin Lohse
Title The Dying Child
Subtitle Silenzio

Work number W.23b
Composition year 2004/2005

Movements 1
Duration 5.5 min

Genre chamber music
Number of instruments 4
Instrumentation messiaen quartet

Score notation computer (Sibelius)
Pages 13
Free score yes
Published yes

First performance 1 Nov 2005

by Ensemble Nordlys
place Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Bishopstown Cork, Ireland


Musical styles and elements melodic, modal, meditative



Program note

In English

The Dying Child (2005)
Violin and piano or a full quartet including clarinet and cello
The violin part is derived from the solo work Silenzio (violin), which is inspired by a haiku poem by the Japanese master Basho. The work exists in two versions: the first from 2004 for violin and piano, and the second from 2005 with an added bass clarinet and cello part.
The music is based on H. C. Andersen’s heartfelt and profoundly sad poem, portraying a child's death seen through the child's own eyes. It explores the transition between life and death, where the child comforts the mother while passing into the beyond.
This edition includes the original score for violin and piano as well as the score with added parts for bass clarinet and cello. All performers play from these two scores.
Duration app. 6 min
Martin Lohse 2005

Poem

The Dying Child
  1. Mother, I'm tired, and I would fain be sleeping;
    Let me repose upon thy bosom sick;
    But promise me that thou wilt leave off weeping,
    Because thy tears fall hot upon my cheek.
    Here it is cold: the tempest raveth madly;
    But in my dreams all is so wondrous bright;
    I see the angel-children smiling gladly,
    When from my weary eyes I shut out light.

  2. Mother, one stands beside me now! and, listen!
    Dost thou not hear the music's sweet accord?
    See how his white wings beautifully glisten?
    Surely those wings were given him by the Lord!
    Green, gold, and red, are floating all around me;
    They are the flowers the angel scattereth.
    Should I have also wings while life has bound me?
    Or, mother, are they given alone in death?

  3. Why dost thou clasp me as if I were going?
    Why dost thou press thy cheek so unto mine?
    Thy cheek is hot, and yet thy tears are flowing!
    I will, dear mother, will be always thine!
    Do not sigh thus – it marreth my reposing;
    But if thou weep, then I must weep with thee!
    Ah, I am tired – my weary eyes are closing –
    Look, mother, look! the angel kisseth me!
Translation Mary Howith around 1850

In Danish

Det døende Barn (2005)
Violin og klaver eller en fuld kvartet inklusiv klarinet og cello
Violinstemmen stammer fra soloværket Silenzio (violin), som er inspireret af et haikudigt af den japanske mester Basho. Værket findes i to versioner: den første fra 2004 for violin og klaver, og den anden fra 2005 med tilføjet basklarinet og cello.
Musikken er baseret på H. C. Andersens inderlige og meget sørgelige digt, der skildrer et barns død set gennem barnets egne øjne. Værket udforsker overgangen mellem liv og død, hvor barnet trøster moderen, mens det begiver sig ind i det hinsidige.
Denne udgivelse indeholder både det oprindelige partitur for violin og klaver samt partituret med de tilføjede stemmer til basklarinet og cello. Alle musikere spiller direkte fra de to partiturer.
Varighed ca. 6 min
Martin Lohse 2005

Digt

Det døende Barn
  1. Moder, jeg er træt, nu vil jeg sove,
    Lad mig ved dit Hjerte slumre ind;
    Græd dog ei, det maa Du først mig love,
    Thi din Taare brænder paa min Kind.
    Her er koldt og ude Stormen truer,
    Men i Drømme, der er Alt saa smukt,
    Og de søde Englebørn jeg skuer,
    Naar jeg har det trætte Øie lukt.

  2. Moder, seer Du Englen ved min Side?
    Hører Du den deilige Musik?
    See, han har to Vinger smukke hvide,
    Dem han sikkert af vor Herre fik;
    Grønt og Guult og Rødt for Øiet svæver,
    Det er Blomster Engelen udstrøer!
    Faaer jeg ogsaa Vinger mens jeg lever,
    Eller, Moder, faaer jeg naar jeg døer?

  3. Hvorfor trykker saa Du mine Hænder?
    Hvorfor lægger Du din Kind til min?
    Den er vaad, og dog som Ild den brænder,
    Moder, jeg vil altid være din!
    Men saa maa Du ikke længer sukke,
    Græder Du, saa græder jeg med Dig.
    O, jeg er saa træt! - maa Øiet lukke -
    - Moder - see! nu kysser Englen mig!
H. C. Andersen 1825

Work Description

Heartfelt and profoundly sad work portraying a child's death through their own eyes and the transition between life and death as the child comforts the mother while passing into the beyond

Instrumentation: vln, pno or vln, bcl, vc, pno
Version Text: Score in two parts, including the 2004 version for violin and piano and the 2005 version with added bass clarinet and cello

Performances

All versions of - The Dying Child

Solo concert
Sengeløse Church, Sengeløse, Denmark
Friday 26 February 2016, 15:00
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Solo concert
Natmandsforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tuesday 12 January 2016, 19:00
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Solorecital - Bjarke Mogensen
Pavillonscenen, Kulturhuset Pavillonen, Grenaa, Denmark
Thursday 26 November 2015
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Solorecital - Bjarke Mogensen
Folkekirkens Hus, Gammeltorv 4, Aalborg, Denmark
Tuesday 3 November 2015, 19:30
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Release koncert - Mobile
Mariendal Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday 18 September 2015, 19:30
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