Correspondances

Christopher Wicks
Composed between 1990 and 1994.


Recordings

  • "Correspondances" (1994)

Poems

Correspondances

Languages

French

Scorings

solo voice, cello, flute, marimba

Genres

Classical

Tessitura

medium voice

Premiere

Baudelaire setting alone premiered on Eastman Composers’ Forum, 1994, sung by Hai-Ting Chinn with flautist Rebecca Ashe, marimbist Kristen Tait and cellist Daniel Saenz. The other sonnet, "El Desdichado" by Gérard de Nerval, was not performed.

Notes

Recording available on YouTube, uploaded by the composer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5s3gRdfBRU - arrangement without marimba available, as per Wicks's 2014 list of works: http://christophermwicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Wicks-Catalogue-September-2014.pdf