Soir d'octobre (1963) written by
André Ducret based on a poem by Emile Gardaz. is an a cappella SATB choiral piece. Scored
Moderato in
¾ time it describes the atmosphere of an October evening and the poet's reflections, dreaming by his window whilst looking at nature, the fog, shafdows and half-light.
I came to
Soir d'octobre when auditioning to join a
small mixed Bremen group [Christian, Henner, Maja, Marlene] after my time in the
Collegium Musicum Bremen. It was amongst 15 other SATB quartet pieces they put before me.
I have not been able to locate the arrangement's source and have therefore listed it in
Geoff's Choral Odds and Ends..