general information

composition date
1967
duration
22 min
editor
Schott
Dedicatee
"Oratorium zum Gedächtnis der Opfer von Auschwitz" (Oratorio à la mémoire des victimes d'Auschwitz)

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, solo tenor, solo bass voice

4 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas, 3 timpani, 8 percussionists, pump organ, piano, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

information about the creation

date
April 16, 1967

Pologne, Auschwitz

interpreters

Delfina Ambroziak : soprano, Wieslaw Ochman : ténor, Bernard Ladysz : basse, chœur et orchestre philharmonique de Cracovie, direction : Krzysztof Missona.

Part titles

  1. Lamentatio "Circumdederunt me funes mortis..." (Psaume 114)
  2. Apocalypsis "...et laquei inferorum supervenerunt mihi." (Psaume 114)
  3. Apotheosis "Absorpta est mors in victoria." (1. Corinthiens 15)

 

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