Guise, Jean François de – Inner songs

Guise Jean François de
Inner songs

for strings op. 8, no. 30 (2020)

In principle, the structure of the work is based on a solo string quintet and two orchestral string quintets.

Nevertheless, it is a work for a larger string orchestra. 

The composition, written in 2020, conveys a powerful, even rebellious calm.

2020, the year of the worldwide Corona pandemic, plunged society into unforeseen challenges that each affected individual had to overcome. Just as life at that time had more facets, or rather colors, Jean François de Guise composed different lines and brought them together to form a whole. 

The isolation, in contrast to superimposed passages, makes one feel how life was enclosed, activities hardly took place, and different convictions were in conflict with each other.

Jean François de Guise nevertheless created a work that, beyond the theme of „pandemic“, is a colorful orchestral work that still allows its own associations in the future and makes the string orchestra perceptible in a completely different way for once. Again and again, the listener gets the impression of a chamber music performance and is transported away into a sound space that can hardly be more gripping.

Score Din A3 / 27 pages

Parts available on request (also as PDF)!