De Hans Zwart Sonnetten

De Hans Zwart liederen zijn gebaseerd op vijf sonnetten van de Shambhala Boeddhistische leraar Hans Zwart.

De Hans Zwart Sonnetten zijn opgevoerd in Amsterdam op 13 juli 2012, door sopraan Barbara Wessel en pianist Jan van Bolhuis en is twee weken daarvoor opgenomen in Studio Musicord in Haarlem.

Sinds juni 2011 publiceert Hans Zwart zijn gedichten op hansgedichten.

Hieronder per lied een geluidsfragment. De partituren zijn te downloaden op de desktop versie van deze pagina

Songs & Song Cycles


De Hans Zwart Sonnetten / The Hans Zwart Sonnets

	The Hans Zwarts Sonnets is a songcycle based upon five sonnets by the Shambhala Buddhist teacher Hans Zwart. On this page per song an excerpt of the music is available, as well as the score and a link to poem itself. The Hans Zwart Sonnets were performed in Amsterdam, 13 july 2012, by soprano Barbara Wessel and pianist Jan van Bolhuis and recorded two weeks earlier in Studio Musicord in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Since june 2011 Hans Zwart publishes his poems on hansgedichten

		O dood, wie ben je	Heavy subject, though music ends in nice walz. Cheer up!
		Quintessens	The quintessens of this song is depicted by the opening 'quintessens-motive' which in variations returns throughout the piece. The song ends with a partly played motive resulting in a surprising tonal friction between voice and piano.
		Verlies	Bitonal piece: voice in B major and piano in B-flat major. It's remarkable how easily the ear gets used to multitonality!
		Adem	An ethereal melody above an breathing imitating piano gathers tension and culminates in a relieving coda.
		Voorjaar	A tempestuous depiction of spring!