Circles
ASCOLTA
YEAR OF COMPOSITION:
1960
LANGUAGE:
English
TEXT SOURCES:
Three poems by E. E. Cummings ("Poems 1923-1954")
SCORED FOR:
female voice, harp and 2 percussion players
RUNNING TIME:
20'
FIRST PERFORMANCE:
01/08/1960, Tanglewood. Cathy Berberian and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
PUBLISHER:
Universal Edition
PROGRAM NOTES:
DISCOGRAPHY
- Berio / Circles. Bussotti / Frammento. Cage / Aria with fontana mix
- Luciano Berio / Circles ; Sequenza I für Flöte ; Sequenza III für Stimme ; Sequenza V für Posaune
- Luciano Berio / Circles : für eine Frauenstimme, Harfe und zwei Schlagzeuger ; Sequenza I : für Flöte solo ; Sequenza III : für Stimme solo ; Sequenza V : für Posaune solo
- Luciano Berio / The great works for voice
- Luciano Berio / Visage: for pre-recorded vocal and electronic sounds ; Circles : for voice, harp and two percussion players
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- “Circles”: concordances
- “Circles”: E.E. Cummings lu par Luciano Berio
- Anmerkungen zu Luciano Berios “Circles”
- Ascoltando il disco: Luciano Berio, “Circles” (1960)
- Berio at work: compositional procedures in Circles, O King, Concerto for two pianos, Glossa, and Notturno
- Berio e lo spazio drammaturgico
- Text and music in Luciano Berio’s “Circles”