Bouchara (subtitled "chanson d'amour") is a 1981 work for mixed chamber ensemble by Canadian composer Claude Vivier. [1] It was originally intended to serve as an interlude for his unfinished opera Rêves d'un Marco Polo (1983-), but was published independently of the opera after weeks of deliberation. [2] A typical performance lasts around twelve minutes. [2]
The piece was premiered on 14 February 1983, at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France. [3]
The notes given by Vivier in the finished manuscript:
Bouchara se veut une longue chanson d'amour... le texte entier est une langue inventée, une langue d'amour, histoire se répétant éternellement.
Bouchara is meant to be a long love song... the entire text is sung in an invented language, a language of love, a story which repeats itself continually. [3]
The work is written for a mixed ensemble of solo soprano, wind quintet, string quintet, and percussion battery. [3]
Bouchara (subtitled "chanson d'amour") is a 1981 work for mixed chamber ensemble by Canadian composer Claude Vivier. [1] It was originally intended to serve as an interlude for his unfinished opera Rêves d'un Marco Polo (1983-), but was published independently of the opera after weeks of deliberation. [2] A typical performance lasts around twelve minutes. [2]
The piece was premiered on 14 February 1983, at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France. [3]
The notes given by Vivier in the finished manuscript:
Bouchara se veut une longue chanson d'amour... le texte entier est une langue inventée, une langue d'amour, histoire se répétant éternellement.
Bouchara is meant to be a long love song... the entire text is sung in an invented language, a language of love, a story which repeats itself continually. [3]
The work is written for a mixed ensemble of solo soprano, wind quintet, string quintet, and percussion battery. [3]