Sofia Gubaidulina _ Hommage à T. S. Eliot, for octet & soprano (1987) / parts I-IV

Sofia Gubaidulina _ Hommage à T. S. Eliot, for octet soprano (1987) / parts I-IV Christine Whittlesey, soprano Gidon Kremer, violin I Isabelle van Keulen, violin II Tabea Zimmermann, viola David Geringas, violoncello Alois Posch, double bass Eduard Brunner, clarinet Klaus Thunemann, bassoon Radovan Vlatković, horn Based on T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets“ (1935-1942) Part I (violin I II, viola, violoncello, double bass) Part II, 06:56 (clarinet, basson, horn) Part III, 09:19 (soprano) “Time and the bell have burried the day, The black cloud carries the sun away, Will the sunflower turn to us, will the clematis Stray down, bend to us; tendril and spray Clutch and cling? Chill Fingers of yew be curled Down on us? After the kingfisher’s wing Has answered light to light, and is silent, the light is still At the still point of the turning world“