general information

composition date
1976
duration
30 min
editor
Sikorski, Karlsruhe
Dedicatee
à Mark Pekarsky
Libretto (details, author)

Marina Tsvetayeva, Hour of the Soul (en russe, version allemande par Jürgen Köchel).

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
percussionist, mezzo-soprano

3 flutes (also 2 piccolos, alto flute), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, tenor saxophone), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, celesta [ou piano], 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

information about the creation

date
October 22, 1979

France, Paris

interpreters

Marie-Louise Gilles : mezzo-soprano, Christoph Caskel : percussion, l'Orchestre symphonique de la radio de Cologne, direction : Antoni Wit.


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