Symphony no. II ’From the Song of Songs’, Op. 30

  • duration: 62 min.
  • setting: Soprano, Tenor, Mixed Chorus and Large Orchestra (4343-4431-timp.,perc.-2 harps,cel.-str.)
  • year: 1992 - 1995

Text: from the Biblical Song of Songs
PART ONE:
I. Let him kiss me –
II. On my bed at night

PART TWO:
III. Who is she –
IV. I slept, but my heart was awake

Commissioned by the Dutch broadcasting company NCRV, with additional financial support from the ‘Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst’

‘To Maaike’

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