Liebes-Lied

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Wolfram Buchenberg’s setting of Rilke’s Liebes-Lied was originally composed for a wedding. In his poem, Rilke asks about the foundation needed to sustain a love affair, and to repr esent this, chooses the image of two strings on a string instrument which simultaneously begin to vibrate. The composition draws on this image impressively using the vocal resources. Show more