Björn/en
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dedicated to Hubert and Annie Van Hauwermeiren
Opus 124
History
- Song on a text by Björn Van Hauwermeiren, the son of Hubert and Annie Van Hauwermeiren.
- Completed on 25 April 1994 in Woluwe.
- The first performance of this work only took place on October 5, 2006 in the Rode Pomp in Ghent. The performers were the Kandinsky String Quartet and soprano "O.".[1]
- See also Legley's foreword to this work.
Music
- instrumentation: middle voice[2] and string quartet[3]
- text incipit: Je bent evenveel verlicht als je van het licht weggaat en loslaat [You are as much enlightened as you are when you step away from the light and let go]
- tempo: Adagio
- time signature: 4/4
- key: d ♭ major
- duration: ca. 4'20"
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4083
- first edition (score and parts): CeBeDeM, Brussels, 2008[4]