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Rèquiem a la memòria de Salvador Espriu
Materiales de orquesta de sinfónica en alquiler
Voces solistas, Coro mixto, Orquesta de cámara y Orquesta sinfónica
BENGUEREL, XavierReg.: B.3472o
- Arrangement: ESPRIU, Salvador
- Ensemble: Choir: With accompaniment; Mixt; With soloist(s).
- Genres: Classical / contemporary: Choir; Symphonic.
Religious music: Masses.
- Lyric author: LITÚRGICO
- Language: Cat/Llatí
- Product format: Partitura + particellas
- Difficulty level: Advanced-superior
- Period: 2nd half S. XX - XXI
- Publishing house: Editorial Boileau
- Collection: Siglo XXI
- No. of pages: 220
- Measure: 29,70 x 21,00 cm
- Lenght: 85'
- ISMN: 979-0-3503-0479-8
- Available in digital: No
- Available for rent: Yes
Solo: S, Ms, T, Bar
Mixed choir
3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3 [1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — harm guit — str1 [16.15.12.10.8] — str2 [1.1.0.2.1]
Division of instruments:
OrchA (symph. Orch): 3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3 [1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — T+2 — str
perc1a: ttam, sus cym, woodblk, templeblk, sd
perc2a: sus cym, bongos, bd, claves
OrchB (chamb. Orch.): 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 — 2 perc —gtr harm — str [2.0.0.2.1]
perc1b: ttam, claves, 2ttom, sus cym, güiro, ttom di legno, woodblk, chimes
perc2b: gong, claves, bd, woodblk, tri, marac, tambn
Observ: OrchB plays only in movements 2, 4, 9, 12, 16 i 23.
The Requiem in memory of Salvador Espriu by Xavier Benguerel was commissioned by the Torroella de Montgrí International Music Festival for a double commemoration: on the one hand, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Festival, and on the other, in remembrance of Catalan poet Salvador Espriu in the fifth year after his death. This concert, which was held on 5 October, was a brilliant closing gala performance and it was repeated twice on 6 and 7 October at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. It was performed by the Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatro del Liceo, with soloists Enriqueta Tarrés, soprano; Nelibel Martínez, mezzo soprano; Eduard Giménez, tenor; and Carlos Chausson, baritone, with the additional collaboration of baritone Lluís Llach, conducted by Romano Gandolfi.
In my opinion, this work by Benguerel is a piece that was written with passion and sincerity, with great strength and depth, and it contains some very beautiful passages. It is written in a language through which, without abandoning his current musical thoughts, Benguerel manages to communicate with the audience in a dense work that lasts for an hour and a half. It is interspersed with seven poems by Espriu on the subject of death, some sung and others recited, which gives the Requiem great contrasts from a musical and linguistic point of view -in comparison with the Latin texts normally used in a requiem mass-, but within a successful and coherent unity. The performers certainly proved their worth, but much of the hard work that went into preparing the piece can be attributed not only to the performers, the composer and the poet in tribute to whom the work was written, but also to the conductor Romano Gandolfi, who is largely responsible for the success of the three performances of this Requiem. Benguerel himself says of the work: «This Requiem is linked to my previous work, the Llibre Vermell, and it has been written without making any concessions, but with a true wish to communicate with the audience. I’ve got past the stage of musical experiments and I’m now working on bridging the gap between composer and audience, which I’m sure will be good for both».
Jordi Codina
Nexus Magazine, December 1990
