Herbsttag

Description

Flute, Bassoon, Harp — Herbsttag (Autumn Day), a trio for flute, bassoon and harp, has the quality of an impressionistic intermezzo. This impressionistic intermezzo, written in 1986 and premiered in Vienna in 1987, was inspired by the poem of the same name by Rainer Maria Rilke that begins: Lord: it is time. The summer was very big. Lay your shadow on the sundials, and let loose the winds on the meadows. The composer writes: "It is the atmosphere and the mood of loneliness and existential drama of the poem that I tried to recreate in my music."