general information

composition date
1975
duration
40 min
editor
Bärenreiter
Dedicatee
à l'UNESCO
Libretto (details, author)

Textes de Johannes Amos Comenius (en latin).

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
3 solo bass voices, soprano, contralto, tenor, solo bass voice, narrator

6 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 4 oboes (also English horn), 4 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 4 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, 3 sopranos (also 3 contraltos, 3 tenors

information about the creation

date
September 3, 1993

Allemagne, Berlin

interpreters

le Chœur et l'Orchestre symphonique de la radio de Leipzig, direction : Daniel Nazareth.

observations

Œuvre co-composée avec Marek Kopelent et Paul-Heinz Dittrich (numéros 2, 4 et 8 par Sofia Goubaïdoulina).


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