LoginLang: Little Match Girl Passion
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Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall especially for Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices, David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Setting Hans Christian Andersen's fable in the format of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Lang elevates the suffering of the little match girl with poignant, evocative music. Lang's piece is scored for four voices and a few percussion instruments, played by the singers. They sing the sad story of a little girl who freezes to death selling matches on the street during a cold winter's night. In notes Lang wrote to accompany the Carnegie Hall premiere last October, h
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Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: 9 June 2009
EAN: 0093046749668 UPC: 093046749668
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Release date: 9 June 2009
EAN: 0093046749668 UPC: 093046749668
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