general information
- composition date
1971-1973
type
Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)
detailed formation
- Soloist
solo mezzo-soprano, solo tenor
2 recorders, piccolo, flute, alto flute, 4 other traditional flutes [1 bangali, 1 inca, 2 en bambou], other traditional flute [en lotus ou clarinette], oboe, English horn, clarinet, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn, bassoon, contrabassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, percussionist, guitar, mandolin, electric guitar, banjo [ténor], celesta, piano, accordion, electric organ [Hammond], harmonica, ocarina [ou flûte à bec avec micro de contact], glass harmonica [et harpe de verre], Jew's harp, 2 whistles, violin (also viola), viola (also violin, viola d'amore), cello, double bass
information about the creation
Londres, Queen Elisabeth Hall
- interpreters
Rose Taylor : mezzo-soprano, Paul Sperry : ténor, London Sinfonietta, direction : Hans Werner Henze.
Information on the electronics
- Electronic device
amplification
observations
Les instruments sont répartis entre 15 instrumentistes.
Part titles
- Los poetas cubanos ya no sueñan (Heberto Padilla)
- Prison Song (Ho Chi Minh)
- Keiner oder alle (Bertold Bretch)
- The Electric Cop (Victor Hernandez Cruz)
- The Distant Drum (Calvin C. Hernton)
- 42 Schulkinder (Erich Fried)
- Caino (Gino de Santis)
- Il Pasi (Mario Tobino)
- Heimkehr (Heinrich Heine)
- Grecia 1970 (Giuseppe Ungaretti)
- Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking auf dem Weg des Laotse in die Emigration (Bertold Brecht)
- Gedanken eines Revue-mädchens während des Entkleidungsaktes (Bertold Brecht)
- Das wirklische Messer (Hans Magnus Enzensberger)
- Recht und Billig (Erich Fried)
- Patria (Miguel Barnet)
- Screams (Interlude) (Walton Smith)
- The Worker (Richard W. Thomas)
- Para aconsejar a una dama (Herberto Padilla)
- Roses and Revolutions (Dudley Randall)
- Vermutung über Hessen (F.C. Delius)
- Schluss (Michalis Katsaros)
- Das Blumenfest (Hans Magnus Enzensberger)
recordings
similar works
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