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composition date: 2000
duration: 32 min
editor: Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author): Gerhard Rühm, Inger Christensen, Unica Zürn, Gunnar Ekelöf, Arthur Rimbaud, Paavo Haavikko

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist: solo soprano, solo bass voice

3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 7 percussionists, harp, celesta, piano, pump organ

information about the creation

date: March 9, 2001
: Suède, Gothembourg, Konserthuset
interpreters: Piia Komsi : soprano, Martin Snell : basse, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, direction : Peter Eötvös.

Part titles

I. Gerhard Rühm, Gebet (prière) (en allemand) ;
II. Inger Christensen, extrait d'Epilogos (en danois) ;
III. Unica Zürn, Der Tod ist die Sehnsucht meines Lebens (la mort est l'aspiration de ma vie) (en allemand) ;
IV. Gunnar Ekelöf, extrait du poème Absentia Animi (en suédois) ;
V. Unica Zürn, Die Zeit ist das Brot von dem wir uns nähren (le temps est le pain dont nous nous nourrissons) (en allemand) ;
VI. Arthur Rimbaud, Voyelles (en français) ;
VII. Paavo Haaviko, Mihin me lopumme (en finnois).

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