Bruno Maderna (1920-1973)

Studi per « Il Processo » di Franz Kafka (1950)

for reciting voice, soprano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1950
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Suvini Zerboni, Milan
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Franz Kafka

Detailed formation
  • soloists: female narrator, solo soprano
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 saxophones, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, vibraphone, xylophone, 6 percussionists, 2 harp, electric guitar, celesta, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 September 1950
    Location:

    Italie, Venise, Biennale


    Performers:

    Ubaldo Lai, Ginevra Vivante, Orchestre symphonique de la Rai de Rome, direction : Hermann Scherchen.