general information

composition date
1996-1997
revisition date
2001
duration
55 min
editor
Schott
Libretto (details, author)

collage de textes réalisé par le compositeur (notamment Balint, Brecht, Brodkey, Buber, Meister Eckhart, Hölderlin, Kafka, Kierkegaard, légendes de saints, textes chamaniques, zen et bibliques).

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
soprano, narrator, 2 unspecified solo child voices, percussionist

2 flutes, piccolo, 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet), bass clarinet, soprano saxophone (also tenor saxophone), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 4 percussionists, accordion, zither, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer [sampler], organ, piano, 14 violins, 10 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

information about the creation

date
November 7, 1997

création partielle : Allemagne, Cologne, Philharmonie

interpreters

Isolde Siebert, soprano ; Rainer Röhmer, percussion ; Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie- Orchester ; Händelcollegium Köln ; Kölner Rundfunkchor ; Peter Eötvös, direction.


date
June 22, 2002

création totale : Allemagne, Munich, Herkulessaal der Residenz, Musica Viva

interpreters

Isolde Siebert, soprano ; Isao Nakamura, percussion : Michael Hirsch, récitant ; Sidonie Paede et Nils Keller, voix d'enfants ; Henrike Paede,Tim Hennis und Katja Beer, solistes chœur ; Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Lothar Zagrosek, direction.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
échantillonneur - sampler

Part titles

A Metropolis

B Beschwörung

C Trance

D Metropolis II

E Trunken – Dionysos

F Geheimnisse

G Metropolis III

H Unio mystica

I Metropolis IV – Carneval

K Spiele

L Angst (-lust)

M Metropolis V – Fanatismus

N Angst II – (N3: Todes- Ekstase)

O Prozession

P Musikekstase (Metropolis VI)

Q Gratia


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