{"product_id":"boosey-hawkes-britten-saint-nicolas-op-42-89648","title":"Britten - Saint Nicolas Op. 42","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRiassunto di questa partitura\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSan Nicola\u003c\/strong\u003e (op. 42) è stato composto nel 1948 per il centenario del Lancing College (Sussex), istituto dove Peter Pears studiò durante la sua adolescenza, e la cui vasta cappella si inscrive nell'eredità delle scuole \"Woodard\". Il libretto di Eric Crozier ripercorre la vita di Nicola, santo associato a numerosi miracoli e figura all'origine di \"Santa Claus\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa narrazione si basa sul \u003cstrong\u003ecoro\u003c\/strong\u003e, vero motore drammatico, mentre il \u003cstrong\u003etenore\u003c\/strong\u003e incarna Nicola adulto prendendo talvolta la parola in prima persona. Nel secondo movimento, il giovane Nicola appare grazie a una \u003cstrong\u003evoce di bambino\u003c\/strong\u003e, con un passaggio significativo dove la linea vocale si sposta verso il tenore che proclama \"God be glorified\", come un passaggio simbolico tra l'infanzia e la maturità spirituale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIl terzo movimento, sotto forma di recitativo accompagnato, evoca la lotta interiore del santo di fronte alle tentazioni e alle distrazioni della vita, fino alla frase finale, particolarmente toccante: \"and Love was satisfied\". Poi l'azione si infiamma con \"He journeys to Palestine\": il mare si scatena, le voci femminili del semi-coro gemono, mentre tenori e bassi lanciano richiami angosciati per \"man the pumps\". La preghiera di Nicola ottiene la calma, e la musica lascia respirare un sollievo palpabile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop\", il coro accoglie Nicola con formule vicine al corale, prima di svolgere la cerimonia e gli attributi del vescovo (mitra, pastorale, veste, anello). L'energia del coro conduce a un primo apice collettivo con l'inno \"All people that on earth do dwell\". 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