general information

composition date

1997-2001

duration

12 min

editor

Ricordi

Libretto (details, author)

Michael Schindhelm en collaboration avec Klaus Huber (basé sur des poèmes et des textes en prose d’Ossip Mandelstam)

type

detailed formation

Soloist

solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, solo contralto, solo tenor, solo baritone, solo bass voice, solo bass-baritone [Parnok ], solo countertenor [Knabe ], solo mezzo-soprano [Nadja ], solo contralto [Anna ], solo soprano [Natalja], solo tenor [parlé : Offizier ]

2 flutes, 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn [sur scène], 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones [dont 1 sur scène], tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists [dont 1 sur scène], harp, theorbo [sur scène] (also guitar), 5 violins, 4 second violins, 3 violas, viola d'amore, 2 cellos, 2 double basses

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