Beschreibung
The title ‚Lollay, Lollay‘ is taken from a 14th century poem, in which a mother reflects on the suffering and despair that her child will inevitably meet in life; and also on man’s inability to escape suffering and death.
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The poem’s gloomy view of life is suggested by the sombre nature of the music, in particular by its instrumentation, but the parallels between the poem and the music run deeper than mere similarity of mood. The poem is a perverted lullaby, and all the musical material of the piece is related, however distantly, to traditional lullaby rhythms and melodies that are essentially ‚rocking‘ in character. However, traditional elements are subtly distorted and transformed thereby creating a piece which is only reminiscent of lullabies without being one in itself.
