Tarkiainen writes: The Lustful Mother s Heart is a solo work that plumbs the depths of one of the most fundamental human instincts the tie between a mother and her new-born child that as day follows day becomes less part of its mother s body. The work develops themes from my song cycle The Lustful Mother in which long solo viola passages strike to the very heart of down-to-earth natural womanhood. The Lustful Mother s Heart was born at a very special moment in my life when my second child was spending his first weeks in this world. The viola song kept company with us night and day dark and deep-rooted at times broadening out into a hymn weaving into our fate asthrough a dream. The Lustful Mother s Heart is dedicated to violist Ellen Nisbeth who also commissioned it.
SKU: HL.50603432
UPC: 840126923964. 10.5x14 inches.
Tarkiainen writes: The Lustful Mother's Heart is a solo work that plumbs the depths of one of the most fundamental human instincts - the tie between a mother and her new-born child that, as day follows day, becomes less part of its mother's body. The work develops themes from my song cycle The Lustful Mother in which long solo viola passages strike to the very heart of down-to-earth, natural womanhood. The Lustful Mother's Heart was born at a very special moment in my life when my second child was spending his first weeks in this world. The viola song kept company with us night and day, dark and deep-rooted, at times broadening out into a hymn, weaving into our fate as through a dream. The Lustful Mother's Heart is dedicated to violist Ellen Nisbeth, who also commissioned it.
SKU: BT.WH33158
ISBN 9788759841495. English-Finish.
A song cycle for baritone voice, string orchestra and piano. The composer writes: Naarasäiti (The Lustful Mother) is about becoming a mother, an experience in which sexuality combines in a natural way with the birth of a new life. The texts of the cycle are from the collections of poems Äitejä, tyttäriä (Ãrbeeadni, The Time of the Lustful Mother, 2013) and Kylmä kumppani (Galbma rádna, My Cold Companion, 1999) by two contemporary Sámi poets, Rauni Magga Lukkari and Rose-Marie Huuva. The poems’ primitive, matriarchal beat is present throughout in the music: a dark, earthy solo viola accompanies the baritone while the sizzling, sparkling strings erupt at times in powerfultextures.
