general information

composition date
1967-1969
duration
1h 5 min
editor
Schott
Dedicatee
« Ad honorem Sancti Hermanni Josephi »
Commission
WDR, Cologne
Libretto (details, author)

documents d’actualité et divers

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 narrators, solo soprano, solo baritone

4 flutes (also 4 piccolos), 4 oboes (also 3 oboes d'amore, English horn), 4 clarinets (also bass clarinet), alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (also soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 5 horns (also tuba), 4 trumpets [en ut], bass trumpet, 5 trombones (also contrabass trombone), contrabass tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, mandolin, accordion, 2 pianos, organ, 10 cellos, 8 double basses, saxophone [jazz-combo], cornet [jazz-combo], percussionist [jazz-combo], piano [jazz-combo], electric bass guitar [jazz-combo]

information about the creation

date
December 11, 1969

Allemagne, Düsseldorf

interpreters

Hans Franzen et Matthias Fuchs : récitants, Edda Moser : soprano, Günter Reich : baryton, Manfred-Schoof-Quintett, Chœur de la Radio de Cologne (direction : Herbert Schernus), Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio de Cologne, direction : Michael Gielen.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
sons fixés sur support

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