general information

composition date
1981
duration
23 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author)

Hölderlin, Claude Vivier, enregistrements originaux de Martin Luther King et de l'assassinat de Robert Kennedy.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo mezzo-soprano

20 strings, percussionist

information about the creation

date
April 26, 1984

Canada, Montréal, QCMcGill University - Pollack Hall

interpreters

Jocelyne Fleury : mezzo-soprano, McGill University, direction : Serge Garant.

observations

Enregistrement : Ensemble de la SMCQ, direction : Walter Boudreau, ATMA ACD 2 2252.

Program note

Méditation sur la douleur humaine, cette œuvre se veut une longue mélodie continue. Cette musique se perçoit sous différents aspects : un aspect formel, un aspect mélodique, et un aspect du texte.



Claude Vivier.

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