VWV 38 · Solo Vocal · 2026 ·
Lullaby for Stranded Light
Berceuse — Cycle: Das Verlöschen VIII
- Catalogue
- VWV 38
- Key
- F-sharp minor
- Form
- Berceuse
- Scoring
- Baritone & piano
- Composed
- 2026
- Duration
- 5:22
First performed Wigmore Hall, London · 14 November 2026 — Nikolai Voss, baritone · Clara Henningsen, piano
Commissioned by Wigmore Hall
To all who keep a light burning
A berceuse sung to the bioluminescence of a jellyfish stranded by the ebbing tide — a lullaby for a light that will not survive the morning. The rocking 6/8 of the cradle-song is undercut by the saltwater certainty that the glow is already dying as it is sung to sleep.
From Das Verlöschen · NV-014
On the cycle's thematic unity: The Lamp Motif →
Performance materials +
- Forces
- Baritone & piano
- Tessitura
- Baritone (G2–F4); soprano (C4–B5) where indicated
- Materials
- Voice & piano score
- Availability
- On sale · Voss Editions
- Grade
- Intermediate–Advanced — recital
- ISMN
- 979-0-706038-266-3
