general information

composition date
1961
duration
1h 25 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'In loving memory of Roger Burney, Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R., Piers Dunkerley, Captain Royal Marines, David Gill, Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy, Michael Halliday, Lieutenant, R.NN.Z.N.V.R.'
Opus
66
Libretto (details, author)

‘Missa pro Defunctis’ et poèmes de Wilfred Owen

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, solo tenor, solo baritone

4 flutes [dont 1 : ensemble de chambre] (also piccolo [doublant flûte : ensemble de chambre]), 4 oboes [dont 1 : ensemble de chambre], 4 clarinets [dont 1 : ensemble de chambre], 4 bassoons [dont 1 : ensemble de chambre], 7 horns [dont 1 : ensemble de chambre], 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 7 percussionists [dont 1 : ensemble de chambre], timpani, harp [ensemble de chambre], piano, organ [ad lib.], strings [orchestre], violin [ensemble de chambre], second violin [ensemble de chambre], viola [ensemble de chambre], cello [ensemble de chambre], double bass [ensemble de chambre], organ [de chambre ou harmonium, pour accompagner le chœur d enfants]

information about the creation

date
May 30, 1962

Festival, consécration de la cathédrale St Michael, Coventry

interpreters

Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the Coventry Festival Chorus, le chœur des enfants de Holy Trinity, Leamington et de Holy Trinity Stratford, l'orchestre symphonique de Birmingham, direction : Meredith Davies et le Melos Ensemble, direction : Benjamin Britten.


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