Corigliano writes, "L'Invitation au voyage, composed in
1971, is a setting of Richard Wilbur's translation of Baudelaire's poem.
Wilbur's poignant setting pictures a world of obsessive imagination - a drugged
vision of heaven full of sensual imagery. The music echoes the quality of the
repeated refrain in Wilbur's lush translation: There, there is nothing else but grace and measure, richness,
quietness, and pleasure."
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John Corigliano
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L'Invitation au Voyage John Corigliano
Corigliano writes, "L'Invitation au voyage, composed in 1971, is a setting of Richard Wilbur's translation of Baudelaire's poem. Wilbur's poignant setting pictures a world of obsessive imagination - a drugged vision of heaven full of sensual imagery. The music echoes the quality of the repeated refrain in Wilbur's lush translation: There, there is nothing else but grace and measure, richness, quietness, and pleasure."
Christopher Bell
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