Schott — The Last Days of Immanuel Kant

This large-scale choral work for 24 voices sets passages from Thomas de Quinceys essay, an extraordinary text whose authorship is ambiguous, but which has, for me, something of the austerity and absurdity of Samuel Beckett. I once planned to make this into an opera but, instead, it has become a narrative cantata, describing the great philosophers gradual descent into senility and his eventual passing. It shows his increasingly incongruous obsessions and odd behaviour, contrasting this with the greatness of his mind. It is the third work I have written for the virtuoso Philadelphia-based choir The Crossing, following The Fifth Century (2014) and A Native Hill (2018-19). Gavin Bryars

Product details

• Format / Medium: Softcover
• Format: SSAATTBB a cappella
• Series: Choral Large Works
• Dimensions: 11.8 × 8.2 × 0.3 in
• Weight: 12 oz

Schott — historic German music publisher since 1770, home of Hindemith and Carl Orff.

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