What Are Years for soprano and chamber ensemble

Year
2009
Duration
12'
Category
Voice and Ensemble

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).2.corA.bcl(=dbcl).2-perc(2):I=log dr/3susp.cym/wind gong/maraca/sm tom-t/2SD/3tpl.bl/marimba; II=lg tam-t/low susp.cym/BD/4tom-t/med SD/splash cym/3bongos/guiro/vib-harp-strings(min.2.2.2.2.2)
Dedication: To Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Buy Score: Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts: Paul Sacher Stiftung
Text Author: Marianne Moore (English)
Songs: See below

	Title	Instrumentation
1.	Like a Bulwark	tutti
2.	That Harp You Play So Well	sop, harp, vcl
3.	The Being So-Called Human	sop, fl, 2ob, corA, Cbcl, 2bn, perc(2)
4.	To an Intra-Mural Rat	sop, fl, ob, Bcl, 2bn, perc(2), harp, vln, vla, vlc
5.	What Are Years	tutti

Premiere: Jun 26, 2010/ Claire Booth, soprano / Ensemble intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez/ Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh

News

From 100 to 103: The Wisdom of Elliott Carter

March 24, 2016

Marianne Moore’s brilliant poetry with its sharp but personal fascination with life, has held my attention for many years, so I decided to write this song cycle which shows a few of her many sides. “The Being So-Called Human” is the last stanza of “The Pangolin,” which she published separately with the above title. The work was composed between February and May of 2009, and completed on June 1, 2009.

– Elliott Carter