general information

composition date
1972
revisition date
1986, 1992
duration
20 min
editor
Sikorski, Karlsruhe
Commission
7e concours international des compositeurs, Rome, 1974
Libretto (details, author)

Rainer Maria Rilke, cycle Marienleben (en allemand ou russe).

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Triple wind orchestra (or larger))

detailed formation

3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, 5 percussionists, harp, celesta [ou clavecin], piano, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

information about the creation

date
December 19, 1990

Allemagne, Berlin

interpreters

l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio de Berlin, Gerd Albrecht et Sofia Goubaidoulina : récitants, direction : Gerd Albrecht.


date
June 22, 1986

Allemagne, Bad Kissingen

interpreters

l'Orchestre Symphonique de Prague, direction : Jiri Belohlávek.


date
March 25, 1993

Suède, Stockholm

interpreters

l'Orchestre philharmonique royal de Stockholm, direction : Gennady Rozhdestvensky.


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