The Gospel According to the Other Mary

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composition date: 2012
duration: 2h
editor: Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee: à Emily, une chercheuse
Commission: l'orchestre philharmonique de Los Angeles, avec le généreux soutien de Lenore et Bernard Greenberg, le Centre Lincoln pour les arts du spectacle, le Barbican de Londres, le Festival de Lucerne, la Cité de la Musique - Salle Pleyel, la NTR ZaterdagMatinee
Libretto (details, author): livret compilé par Peter Sellars, sources bibliques et textes originaux de Dorothy Day, Rosario Castellanos, June Jordan, Louise Erdrich and Primo Levi.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist: mezzo-soprano [Mary Magdalene], viola [Martha], tenor [Lazarus], 3 countertenors

2 flutes, piccolo, strings, harp, piano, electric bass guitar, 3 percussionists, 2 trombones, 2 trumpets, 4 horns, contrabassoon, 2 bassoons, bass clarinet, 2 clarinets, English horn, 2 oboes

information about the creation

date: May 31, 2012
: États-Unis, Los Angeles, Disney Hall
interpreters: Kelley O'Connor : mezzo, Tamara Mumford : alto, Russell Thomas : ténor, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley : contre-ténors, Los Angeles Master Chorale, direction : Grant Gershon, l'orchestre Philharmonique de Los Angeles, direction : Gustavo Dudamel.

création de la version scénique, 7, 8 et 10 mars 2013, États-Unis, Los Angeles, direction : Gustavo Dudamel.

observations

Design sonore lors de la création : Mark Grey.
Détails des percussions : caisse claire, grosse caisse (very low bass drum), timbales, toms basses, gongs (tuned gongs), chimes, almglocken, glockenspiel, tam-tam large, tam-tam médium, petit tam-tam, cymbalum.

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