Wolfgang Rihm (1952)
Dies (1984)
Oratorio, for solo voices, two reciters, children's choir, spoken choir, mixed choir, large organ and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1984
- Duration: 35 mn
- Publisher: Universal Edition
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Libretto (details, author):
Graduel et Vulgate, Leonardo da Vinci
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Composition date:
1984
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: solo soprano, solo contralto, solo tenor, solo baritone, 2 unspecified narrators, organ
- children's choir, speech choir, mixed choir à 4 voix
- 4 flutes (also 4 piccolos), 4 oboes (also 2 English horns), 4 clarinets, 4 bassoons (also 2 contrabassoons), 8 horns, 2 piccolo trumpets (also 9 trumpets [en ut dont 3 au loin] ), 7 trombones [dont 3 au loin] , 2 contrabass tubas, 2 timpani, 8 percussionists [4 dans l'orchestre, 4 parmi l'auditoire] , strings [en très grande quantité]
Premiere information
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Date:
13 November 1986
Location:Autriche, Vienne
Performers:Agnes Habereder : soprano, Klára Takács : contralto, Robert Gambill : ténor, Roland Hermann : baryton, Alexander Goebel et Jost Meyer : récitants, Wiener Sängerknaben, Orchestre symphonique de Vienne, chœur de l'ORF, direction : Lothar Zagrosek.