general information

composition date
2002
editor
Ricordi
Libretto (details, author)

d'après des textes et motifs de Giordano Bruno, Arthur Chapman/Estelle Philleo, T.S.Eliot, Francois Fénelon, Michel Foucault, Katharina Fritsch, Claude Lorrain, Henri Michaux, Nicolas Poussin, Max Reger, Gertrude Stein, Diego Velázquez, Leonardo da Vinci.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), choir(s) and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
4 sopranos, 4 tenors, 4 bass voices, 4 contraltos, solo baritone, actor

flute (also bass flute, other traditional flute [chinoise]), oboe (also other double reed instrument [musette]), clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns (also cornet, flugerlhorn), trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, harp, harpsichord (also electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, piano), accordion, violin, second violin, viola, 2 cellos (also recorder), double bass (also electric bass guitar)

information about the creation

date
October 16, 2002

Suisse, Genève

interpreters

David Bennent : acteur, Georg Nigl : baryton, l'Ensemble Modern, le Chœur de chambre allemand, direction : Franck Ollu, Heiner Goebbels : mise en scène, Klaus Grünberg : lumière, scénographie, Florence von Gerkan : costumes, Stephan Buchberger : assistant mise en scène, Hubert Machnik : collaboration musicale, Norbert Ommer : son.

observations

  • Enregistrement : cd ECM New Series 1811, enregistré au Festival d'Automne, Paris, 2004.
  • Version longue, 2006.

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