general information

composition date
1980
duration
32 min
editor
Chester Music
Dedicatee
Edo de Waart
Commission
San Francisco Symphony
Libretto (details, author)

John Donne, Negative Love, Emily Dickinson, Because I could not stop for death et Wild Nights

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Mixed choir and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
25 sopranos, 25 contraltos, 25 tenors, 25 bass voices

4 flutes (also 3 piccolos), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets (also 3 bass clarinets), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, harp, celesta, piano (also electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer)

information about the creation

date
April 15, 1981

États-Unis, San Francisco, Louise M. Davies Hall

interpreters

l'orchestre symphonique et le chœur de San Francisco, direction : Edo de Waart.


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