Rolf Pohle : Chanson d´automne

Verlaine, a representative of Symbolism, followed the maxim “De la musique avant toute chose” (“Music, music above all else”) in his poetry.
Thus, the sound of the poem is often more important to him than the specific choice of words. This is also very much the case in the poem “Chanson d’automne.”
This setting for a 7-part women’s choir requires a practiced and well-trained ensemble.