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Gregory Spears
Love Story
| Subtitle | for countertenor and orchestra |
|---|---|
| Text information | text by Tracy K. Smith |
| Year(s) composed | 2021 |
| Publisher | Schott Music |
| Instrumentation | 2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.1perc(lg b.d, mar, sm sus cym)-hp.cel-str |
| Duration | 15' |
| Premiere | February 3, 2022; Alice Tully Hall, New York; New York Philharmonic • Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor • Jaap van Zweden, conductor |
| Commission | Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden, Music Director |
| Language | English |
| Composer note | Scored for countertenor and orchestra, Love Story consists of four contiguous settings of a single text by Tracy K. Smith. Each setting suggests a different reading of Smith’s poem, and the four together form a larger narrative arc reminiscent of a song cycle. Instead of using a series of poems, Love Story tells the story of a relationship’s end by revisiting the same narrative details over-and-over — creating new meaning through repetition. The fourth and final setting incorporates musical material from the previous three, transformed by the passing of time and the changing of seasons. – Gregory Spears |