VWV 42 · Solo Vocal · 2026 ·
The Pilot Light
Scena — Cycle: Das Verlöschen XII
- Catalogue
- VWV 42
- Key
- C minor
- Form
- Scena
- Scoring
- Baritone & piano
- Composed
- 2026
- Duration
- 4:09
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
The dramatic crisis. The singer confronts the pilot-light of a shuttered childhood house — the last flame in an abandoned home — and the declamation breaks free of strict song into operatic recitative and arioso. At the climax the lamp motif screams in inversion over a destabilised orchestra-shadow; it is the one moment the cycle raises its voice.
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
- 979-0-706042-294-7
