Text
Cold and
Dry and
Thick and
Black and
Sour
— after Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621.
Description
The text for Melancholy’s Attributes features the five adjectives that characterise a melancholic temperament according to Robert Burton as stated in his book The Anathomy of Melancholy: “cold and dry, thick, black, and sour”.
Dedication
Dieter Rexroth
Commission
Commissioned by Audi AG
First performance
July 16, 2016
Ingolstadt, Germany
Stadttheater, Festsaal
Audi Jugendchorakademie
Isaak Seidenberg, horn
Kent Nagano, conductor
Pairing suggestions
Henry Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord
Thomas Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Tomás L. de Victoria: O Vos Omnes
Carlo Gesualdo: various madrigals
Johannes Brahms: Four Songs, Op. 17
Francis Poulenc: Quatre Motets pour un Temps de Pénitence
Access
Available for hire.
Contact Durand-Salabert-Eschig