compositions
Ifè Songs
Angélique Kidjo
2014

Info

Music by Philip Glass.
Angélique Kidjo, voice.
Simon Stierle and Benjamin Schäfer, timbales.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.

Instrumentation

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

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.

Notes

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.”

Scores

Ifè Songs at Wise Music Classical