general information

composition date
1998-1999
duration
52 min
editor
Ricordi
Commission
Festival de Donaueschingen et Land Baden-Württemberg
Libretto (details, author)

Mari Mezei d'après le journal de Lady Sarashina, année 1008, Japon

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s) and ensemble of 10 instruments or more)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, alto trombone [double pavillon], contrabass trombone [double pavillon], solo baritone, solo mezzo-soprano, 3 narrators, actress

3 clarinets (also bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), alto saxophone, sousaphone [avec light-module], 3 percussionists, 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses

information about the creation

date
October 16, 1999

Allemagne, Donaueschingen

interpreters

Ensemble Varianti Stuttgart, Claire Bloom : récitant, Mike Svoboda et Gerard Buquet : trombones, direction : Manfred Schreier

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
temps réel, sons fixés sur support, spatialisation, échantillonneur - sampler(multichannel harmoniser, sound-projection, computer piano sans interprète)

observations

  • version disponible pour le théâtre avec musique sur cd et en live: un actrice, 3 narrateurs, violoncelliste parlant, trombone alto à deux pavillons, trombone contrebasse à deux pavillons (aussi sousaphone avec light-module).
  • enregistrements : ensemble Varianti, direction : Manfred Schreier, enregisté à Donaueschingen, 1999, 1 cd col legno WWE 2CD 20075 ; UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Elisabeth Laurence, direction : Peter Eötvös, Budapest 2009, 1 cd BMC, 138.

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