In the atrium of the Vestals, a cantata for solo baritone, speaking voice, female choir and orchestra
Words after a poem by Bertus Aafjes
+ piano reduction
See also: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number 24099
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number B-965c-lili/001
Composed in Courtrai
His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres.
by Frans van Ruth