Gabriel Faure arr. Peter Lawson
TWO SONGS Apres un Reve & Claire de Lune
Goodmusic Concert Classics GMCL243
Catalogue Number: GMCL243
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ISMN: 9790222337633
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Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba
Timpani, Percussion [1 player: Susp.Cymbal, Tubular Bell [B+D], Glockenspiel], Harp
Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)
Solo Voice (High or Low) [Optional]
Apres un Reve & Claire de Lune are probably the two most well-known and best-loved of Faure’s songs for voice and piano. Apres un Reve (After a Dream) is an early song, published in 1878, the first of Trois Melodies, Op 7, with lyrics adapted by Romain Bussine from an anonymous Italian poem. The words describe a dream in which two lovers fly away from earth, soaring upwards towards an Aurora-like light in the sky. On awakening, the dreamer regrets he cannot return to the false world of the dream, as the rich harmonies of the repeated chords of the accompaniment descend into disappointment and sadness.
Claire de Lune (Moonlight) employs a poem by Paul Verlaine from Fetes Gallantes. The same poem was later to be set by Faure’s pupil, Claude Debussy, who also wrote the hauntingly beautiful piano piece with the same title. Faure’s setting was in 1887 and, unlike Apres un Reve, the piano has the tune, wistfully weaving it around the vocal line.
In these orchestrations, I have also added a number of understood ritardandi. Both numbers are intended to be either novelty orchestral pieces without words or orchestral accompaniments to a singer; in the latter case, the dynamics might well have to be scaled down in places, at the discretion of the conductor. Here, the high voice version comes first, followed by the low version, which would equally well suit a mezzo soprano, contralto, baritone or bass. Peter Lawson
A PACK includes a full score plus a full set of wind, brass and percussion parts plus strings 4/4/3/4/2 and a copy of the vocal score
Duration c.6 minutes
Timpani, Percussion [1 player: Susp.Cymbal, Tubular Bell [B+D], Glockenspiel], Harp
Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)
Solo Voice (High or Low) [Optional]
Apres un Reve & Claire de Lune are probably the two most well-known and best-loved of Faure’s songs for voice and piano. Apres un Reve (After a Dream) is an early song, published in 1878, the first of Trois Melodies, Op 7, with lyrics adapted by Romain Bussine from an anonymous Italian poem. The words describe a dream in which two lovers fly away from earth, soaring upwards towards an Aurora-like light in the sky. On awakening, the dreamer regrets he cannot return to the false world of the dream, as the rich harmonies of the repeated chords of the accompaniment descend into disappointment and sadness.
Claire de Lune (Moonlight) employs a poem by Paul Verlaine from Fetes Gallantes. The same poem was later to be set by Faure’s pupil, Claude Debussy, who also wrote the hauntingly beautiful piano piece with the same title. Faure’s setting was in 1887 and, unlike Apres un Reve, the piano has the tune, wistfully weaving it around the vocal line.
In these orchestrations, I have also added a number of understood ritardandi. Both numbers are intended to be either novelty orchestral pieces without words or orchestral accompaniments to a singer; in the latter case, the dynamics might well have to be scaled down in places, at the discretion of the conductor. Here, the high voice version comes first, followed by the low version, which would equally well suit a mezzo soprano, contralto, baritone or bass. Peter Lawson
A PACK includes a full score plus a full set of wind, brass and percussion parts plus strings 4/4/3/4/2 and a copy of the vocal score
Duration c.6 minutes
