About the work
A melody transformed.
Originally written for keyboard, these variations unfold a reflective German song through a succession of inventive transformations. This SATB recorder setting shares Sweelinck’s counterpoint and changing textures among four players.
View score & parts →Image: Jan Harmensz. Muller’s 1624 portrait of Sweelinck · Statens Museum for Kunst Open Collection.
Score video
Watch the score unfold.
This video pairs the audio with a scrolling score.