Carter,Elliott_ Inner Song (1992) for Oboe Solo

Prograrn hiotes My Trilogy for oboe and lr"tp has as its motto the last two stanzas of Rainer Maria Rilke's Sonette aIr Owheus,II,l0. (Printed here in boldface true are the three phrases used as rnottos for the three parts of Trilog,r. ), Aber noch ist uns das Dasei n verzaubert; an hundert Stellen ist es noch tirsprung. Ein Spielen von reinen Kráftor, die keiner berührt, der nicht kniet und bewundert.

worte gehen no ch zart am {.Jnságlichen aus . . . und die Musik, immer neu,

aus den bebendsten Steinen,

baut im unbrauchbaren Raurrr ihr vergóttliches Haus. But existence is still enchantingfor us; in hundreds of places it i,s still A play pristine, v of pure forcas,- uhiclt no one can touch withottt kneeling 'andad.orin'g. ' Ú '')

Words still peter out into what cannot be expressed . ,. And music) eoer neu), builds out of the rnost trentulou,s ,stones her cliuinely consecrated house in unexploitable space.* Each of the three sections of Trilog,z was written for a special occasion.

INI{ER SOI\G (which has the motto: Worte ge}ren noch

zart am unságlichen written for a festival of Stefan Wolpe's music in Witten, Ger*at y, in t-992, for Heinz Holliger to perform, to whom it is dedicated. The fascinating *ptil, friendship with wolpe is a very treasured memory. aus . . .)was

Ell¡ott Carter

Duration of II{NER SOI\üG: ca. 5 minutes

* English translation from the Penguin Book of Genrrctn Vers¿, edite,l

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Leonard Foster.

to Hein: Ílolligcr in memory o.f'stelhn Wolpc

II{I{ER SOI{G oboe solo from

Trilogy Elliott Carter (tee2)

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