general information

composition date

2006

duration

2h 30 min

editor

Boosey & Hawkes

Commission

New Crowned Hope Festival, Berlin Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Barbican Center et Lincoln Center

Libretto (details, author)

John Adams et Peter Sellars, adaptation de poésies indiennes antiques traduits par AK Ramanujan

type

detailed formation

Soloist

10 sopranos, 10 contraltos, 10 tenors, 10 bass voices, solo soprano, solo tenor, solo baritone

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also 2 English horns), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), bassoon (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp, celesta

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