Wolfgang Rihm (1952)

Vierte Abgesangsszene (1979 -1980)

for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1979 - 1980
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Universal Edition
    • Cycle: Fünf Abgesangsszenen
    • Commission: Orchestre symphonique de la Radio de Berlin
    • Libretto (details, author):

      d'après Friedrich Nietzsche

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo mezzo-soprano
  • 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets [en ut] (also 1 bass trumpet), 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp, piano (also celesta), 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 18 September 1983
    Location:

    Allemagne, Berlin


    Performers:

    Marjana Lipovsek : mezzo-soprano, Orchestre symphonique de la Radio de Berlin, direction : Hans Zender.