VWV 41 · Solo Vocal · 2026 ·
The Green Flash
Romanza — Cycle: Das Verlöschen XI
- Catalogue
- VWV 41
- Key
- D-flat major
- Form
- Romanza
- Scoring
- Baritone & piano
- Composed
- 2026
- Duration
- 4:41
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 romanza for the green flash — the single emerald instant when the sun's last rim slips beneath the sea. Voss sets the whole song as one held breath, suspended on an unresolved Tristan-type sonority that finally, briefly, blazes into D-flat and is gone. The cycle's last major-key light.
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
- 979-0-706041-287-6
