Composer: Andrew JacobsonDetailsFormat: Treble VoicesVoicing: SSAAAccompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standardPerformance Length: 3:45 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresPublisher: Andrew Jacobson Music, AJM014 Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): FrenchText Source: Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs Du MalText: Nous aurons des lits pleins d'odeurs légères, Des divans profonds comme des tombeaux, Et d'étranges fleurs sur des étagères, Ecloses pour nous sous des cieux plus beaux. Usant à l'envi leurs chaleurs dernières, Nos deux coeurs seront deux vastes flambeaux, Qui réfléchiront leurs doubles lumières Dans nos deux esprits, ces miroirs jumeaux. Un soir fait de rose et de bleu mystique, Nous échangerons un éclair unique, Comme un long sanglot, tout chargé d'adieux; Et plus tard un Ange, entr'ouvrant les portes, Viendra ranimer, fidèle et joyeux, Les miroirs ternis et les flammes mortes. Translation: We shall have beds full of subtle perfumes, Divans as deep as graves, and on the shelves Will be strange flowers that blossomed for us Under more beautiful heavens. Using their dying flames, Our two hearts will be two large torches Which will reflect their two lights In our two souls, those twin mirrors. On an evening made of rose and of mystical blue A single flash will pass between us Like a long sob, charged with farewells; And later an Angel, setting the doors ajar, Faithful and joyous, will come to revive The tarnished mirrors and the extinguished flames Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: difficultSeasonal Usage: WinterSpringDescriptive Terms: deathloveFrenchromanticAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movementComposer’s Notes: Commissioned by Herriman High School in Utah, the ensemble wanted a lush and romantic setting of this poem by Charles Baudelaire. A part of his larger collection of poems "Les Fleurs Du Mal", this particular poem was most notably used by Debussy. A nod to the impressionist composer, this setting includes several chromatic and octatonic passages, leaning towards a dream state. Culminating in a diatonic climax at the end, the singers will fall in love with this popular French text. Additional InformationDate of Completion: January, 2018Date of First Performance: Thursday, March 1, 2018Premier Performance Data: Herrmian High School (Andrew Howden, cond), Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
