- General information
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Composition date:
1997
- Duration: 23 mn
- Publisher: Ricordi
- Commission: Musique Nouvelle en Liberté
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Libretto (details, author):
Textes des indigènes nahuatls du 16e siècle ; extraits des Colloquios y doctrina cristiana, transcrits par Fray Bernardino de Sahagùn.
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Composition date:
1997
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 female voice and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: mezzo-soprano
- 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets [dont une petite trompette en ré] , 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, timpani, harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
15 November 1997
Location:France, Paris, salle Pleyel, festival Paris de la Musique
Performers:Hanna Schaer : mezzo-soprano, l'Orchestre National d’île de France, direction : Jacques Mercier.