Contains the complete and bilingual score for "Op. 5 De Conducteur" (for choir (SATB)) and the complete score for "Op. 18.2 Fire & Ice" (for solo mezzo-soprano and solo bass and small choir (SATB)). "De Conducteur" is a musical setting of the poem of the same name by Nicolaas Beets (Hildebrand). Duration: approx. 8:25 min. Written for choir (SATB), the work chronicles the life and travels of a 19th-century Dutch conductor on his daily coach route from Amsterdam to Leiden, slowly falling in love along the way.
"Fire & Ice" is a musical setting of the poem of the same name by Robert Frost. Duration: approx. 1:20 min. A work for coro piccolo (SATB) with celestial tendencies, featuring detached mezzo-soprano and bass soloists debating the inevitable ending of the world. De Conducteur (orginal poem)
The Conductor (translated poem)
Pronunciation of place names
Note on the translation
Note on the performance
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Nicolaas Beets
Composer biography
Full score
Fire & Ice (orginal poem)
Vuur en ijs (translated poem)
Notes
Robert Frost
Full score
Other works by the composer
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