general information

composition date
1990-2001
revisition date
2002
duration
1h 35 min
editor
United Music Publishers, San Antonio, Texas
Artistic collaboration(s)
installation de Per Inge Bjørlo
Commission
les ensembles Cikada et ELISION, DAAD
Libretto (details, author)

textes des pyramides, Hesiod, Hippolytos, Anaxagoras, Melissos, hymnes orphiques, Lucrèce, Pascal et Beckett

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

violin, positive organ [ad lib.], 3 clarinets, 2 flutes, saxophone [ad lib.], guitar, 2 percussionists, piano, second violin, viola, 2 cellos, double bass, violin - early instruments [hardanger fiddle, ad lib.]

information about the creation

date
November 16, 2001

Australie, Brisbane, Powerhouse Theatre

interpreters

les ensembles Cikada et ELISON, direction : Christian Eggen.


date
March 14, 2003

Allemagne, Berlin

interpreters

les ensembles Cikada et ELISON, direction : Christian Eggen.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
spatialisation

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