compositions

Ifé Songs – Angélique Kidjo

2014

Music by Philip Glass

Premiere:
 January 17, 2014 by Angélique Kidjo, the Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Simon Stierle and Benjamin Schäfer at the Philarmonie Luxembourg in Luxembourg. Conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer

Angélique Kidjo, voice
Simon Stierle and Benjamin Schäfer, timbales

Instrumentation:
2+2picc, 2(eh).2(Ebcl)+bcl.2/4.3.3.1/7perc.timp/hp/pn/cel/str

Background:
Philip Glass wrote the orchestral music based on three creation poems in Yoruba sung by Kidjo. In the program notes, Philip Glass says: “Angelique, together we have built a bridge that no one has walked on before.”

PUBLISHER:
Dunvagen Music Publishers