Que diras-tu ce soir, pauvre âme solitaire...

Colin Matthews
Composed between 1971 and 1978.


Publications

  • Colloque sentimental (1979)

Poems

Que diras-tu ce soir, pauvre âme solitaire

Languages

French

Scorings

solo voice, piano

Genres

Classical

Tessitura

medium voice

Premiere

First peformed in September 1978 in Sydney, Australia by Hartley Newnham (baritone) and Nicholas Routley (piano).

Notes

The final two lines of the second quatrain of the poem are omitted in this setting. Adapted as part of the cycle Un Colloque sentimental. The original setting was in a higher key, to be sung by a soprano voice.