Details
- Ensembles:
- String Quartet
- Genres:
- 21st Century 20th Century Contemporary
- Composers:
- Caroline Charriere
- Publishers:
- Editions BIM
- Series:
- Women Composers and Arrangers
- ISBN:
- 9790207003430
- Format:
- Set of Parts Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Physical
- Artist:
- Caroline Charriere
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Shipping Weight:
- 3.16 pounds
SKU: ET.QC11
Composed by Caroline Charriere. Contemporary. Score & parts. Composed 2005. Duration 12'. Editions BIM #QC11. Published by Editions BIM (ET.QC11).ISBN 9790207003430.
The idea came suddenly from out of the blue: it would be either Ondine or Ophelia, but, in any case, there would be a link to water. After re-reading the two stories, I decided on Ophelia, the heroine from Shakespeare, that touching figure of innocence hurt by Hamlet and in some way appeased by death. This is what I wished to express: the pure soul, the heartbreak, and finding salvation in death and the resulting peace that inevitably follows, reminiscent of a bird song. Ergo, the titles of the three movements were set: The Innocence - The Wound - The Death and Resultant Peace
I kept a copy of the beautiful poems by the French Swiss writer, Anne Perrier (Le livre d'Ophélie), with me during my work, which served to validate my original sentiments regarding the narrative.
Here is her last poem, which is placed ahead of the third movement.
Épitaphe
Jardins de la douleur
Saignez loin de ma tombe
Ici tout n’est qu’ombre et splendeur
Et gorge de colombe
Elle dort Ophélie
Au fond des marbres verts
De l’or plein les pupilles
Et dans son cœur la mer
(Anne Perrier)
Caroline Charrière, Fribourg (Switzerland), Decembre 2007
The quartet Ophelia was commissioned by the Amar Quartet and received its first performance March 15th, 2006 at Villa Boveri in Baden (Switzerland).
- More by this Composer:
- Caroline Charriere Caroline Charriere Choir Caroline Charriere Piano Caroline Charriere Piano Accompaniment
- Series:
- Women Composers and Arrangers
- Artists:
- Caroline Charriere
- Ensemble:
- String Quartet
- Publisher:
- Editions BIM