I really appreciate Dee-ter's vocal here. At first I had a hard time getting past the use of someone else's lyrics, however Wilhelm Müller's words struck a despairing chord within me and fit the music perfectly.
Apparently Schubert felt the words too, at the time of his writing the Winterreise he had been informed of his eventually lethal syphilis contraction.At the risk of beating the point into the ground, the famous mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt once said of "Winterreise" that "you have to be haunted by this (piece) to be able to sing it."
You can hear the employment of my Serial Vignette method of composition, plus the mix of traditional and electronic instruments. Though the "Lindenbaum" lyrical setting intensifies the feeling of gloom and dread during Dieter's vocal part, the movement is multi-dimensional.
The lyrics are Herr Müller's, which are public domain. The vocal melodies are chopped up samples from Diskau's old performance, while all other music is © 2017 Andrew Neires DiGelsomina. All rights are reserved, any infringement upon this copyright will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
