VWV 40 · Solo Vocal · 2026 ·
Variations on a Dying Flame
Chaconne — Cycle: Das Verlöschen X
- Catalogue
- VWV 40
- Key
- E-flat minor
- Form
- Chaconne
- Scoring
- Baritone & piano
- Composed
- 2026
- Duration
- 4:06
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 cycle's second strict variation-form, and its most unsparing: a chaconne built on the lamp motif itself, now sunk into the bass as a ground. Each variation strips away a layer of the texture above it until only the bare motif remains — a flame reduced to its own outline. Time is heard to circle and narrow toward the end.
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
- 979-0-706040-280-5
