general information

composition date
1992
revisition date
2006
duration
37 min
editor
Schott
Dedicatee
à Mama Alice
Libretto (details, author)

Georg Trakl

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo contralto

3 flutes (also 2 alto flutes), 2 oboes (also 2 English horns), 3 clarinets (also 2 bass clarinets), bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, guitar, harp, celesta, piano, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 3 double basses, 3 five-strings double basses

information about the creation

date
November 29, 1993

Suisse, Lausanne, Théâtre de Beaulieu (sans le n° IV)

interpreters

Cornelia Kallisch : contralto, orchestre de la Suisse Romande, direction : Armin Jordan.


date
April 25, 2006

[IV], Suisse, Bâle, Paul Sacher 100

interpreters

Christiane Iven : contralto, Sinfonieorchester Basel, direction : Heinz Holliger ;  22 avril 2007, Monte Carlo, Auditorium Rainier III, par Cornelia Kallisch : contralto, Orchestre philharmonique de Monte Carlo, direction : Heinz Holliger.

Part titles

  • I. Ein Winterabend "Wenn der Schnee ans Fenster fällt"
  • II. Nachtlied "Des Unbewegten Odem"
  • III. Rondel "Verflossen ist das Gold der Tage"
  • IV. Untergang "Aber den weißen Weiber sind die wilden"
  • V. Trompeten "Unter verschnittenen Weiden.."

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