A few years ago I did a setting of the Apollinaire poem "Le Suicidé" in the Russian translation used by Shostakovich in his 14th symphony. I then decided to add another two of his poems to make a set. There is certainly an influence of the Russian master (and indeed Tri Lilii starts with the same notes) but in general the treatment of these poems is very different and is largely choral in nature. Attentives I is scored for strings whereas Tri Lilii is for woodwind. In the short Attentives II, percussion dominates.
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