Betsy Jolas (1926)

Motet III : "Hunc igitur terrorem" (1999)

for five solo voices, choir and baroque orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1999
    • Duration: 38 mn
    • Publisher: Billaudot, 1999
    • Commission: Radio-France pour les vingt ans des Arts florissants
    • Libretto (details, author):

      d’après le De Rerum Natura de Lucrèce

Detailed formation
  • ensemble of vocal soloists(2 soprano, 2 tenor, baritone), mixed choir
  • 2 flutes [baroque] , 2 oboes [baroque] , 2 bassoons [baroques] , 2 natural trumpets / bugles, 1 sackbut, percussionist, theorbo, organ, viol, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 12 December 1999
    Location:

    Luxembourg


    Performers:

    Les Arts Florissants ; William Christie, direction