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My Trilogy for oboe and lr"tp has as its motto the last two stanzas of Rainer MariaRilke's Sonette aIr Owheus,II,l0. (Printed here in boldface true are the threephrases used as rnottos for the three parts of Trilog,r. ),

Aber noch ist uns das Dasei n verzaubert; an hundertStellen ist es noch tirsprung. Ein Spielen von reinenKráftor, die keiner berührt, der nicht kniet und bewundert.

worte gehen no ch zart am {.Jnságlichen aus . . .

und die Musik, immer neu, aus den bebendsten Steinen,baut im unbrauchbaren Raurrr ihr vergóttliches Haus.

But existence is still enchantingfor us; in hundreds of places it i,s stillpristine, A play of pure forcas, uhiclt no one can touch withottt kneelingandad.orin'g. v ' Ú -

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Words still peter out into what cannot be expressed . ,.And music) eoer neu), builds out of the rnost trentulou,s ,stones her cliuinelyconsecrated house in unexploitable space.*

Each of the three sections of Trilog,z was written for a special occasion.

INI{ER SOI\G (which has the motto: Worte ge}ren noch zart am unságlichenaus . . .)was written for a festival of Stefan Wolpe's music in Witten, Ger*at y, in

*ptil, t-992, for Heinz Holliger to perform, to whom it is dedicated. The fascinatingfriendship with wolpe is a very treasured memory.

Ell¡ott Carter

Duration of II{NER SOI\üG: ca. 5 minutes

* English translation from the Penguin Book of Genrrctn Vers¿, edite,l b.u Leonard Foster.

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